X-post from ER:Elections Administrator J.R. Perez Surprises Election Commission By Resigning

[tbyg52]

From Fort Bend County (DeLay land):

Fort Bend County Elections Administrator J.R. Perez surprised members of the county Elections Commission by tendering his resignation on Tuesday.

The board accepted his resignation during a closed meeting that the commission had called in which, one participant said, it’s possible Perez would have been asked to resign had he not done so on his own.

Perez, who did not return a call seeking comment for this story, has been at odds with members of the county Commissioners Court off and on for more than a year. At issue had been his dislike of the county’s Hart Intercivic eSlate voting machines, and appeared to anger some commissioners a week ago, when he told the court he favored scrapping the county’s $4 million eSlate voting system in favor of a system that would make use of paper ballots.

Before the meeting, Perez told FortBendNow he doesn’t believe the county will be able to handle anticipated high voter turnout during the March 4 primary. He made similar statements in KTRK-TV reports, which appeared to fuel some commissioners’ angst.

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He's been trying to get us paper (for his reasons, not mine, but that's OK) for over a year while the commissioners sat on their rear ends (the same commissioners that purchased the paperless wonders against the will of the people in the first place).

He's all over the local network affiliate news right now - at least he's making noise on the way out - good for him!

[sonias]

1. Wow

He deserves a medal. Too bad he lost his job. I agree we need more voices like his on the inside. People who know that these paperless DREs are pieces of crap.

Well we'll see how the election goes in Fort Bend this primary.

Soni