The Dallas County Elections Commission voted to hire Heider Garcia, the former Tarrant County head of elections.
Phone operators work to monitor the midterm elections at the Dallas County Election Department in Dallas on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.The former Tarrant County election chief, who resigned under pressure, has been hired as the new Dallas County elections administrator.
“I am very pleased that the election commission chose him, because he has the experience in running elections in Texas, as well as the technical knowledge to continue the initiatives we’ve implemented to modernize the Dallas County Elections Department,” Scarpello said in an interview.Garcia was Tarrant County’s election administrator for about five years until he resigned in April.
Dallas County Human Resources Director Bob Wilson told the commission that there were two applicants being considered before they went into executive session for more than two and a half hours to interview the candidates and make their decision.
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