The November election is less than three months away. Recently, Gillespie County’s entire elections staff of three people quit. Some say this turnover is due to the stress of the job, new requirements and threats.
FREDERICKSBURG, Texas — The November election is less than three months away. Recently, Gillespie County’s entire elections staff of three people quit.
Mo Saiidi, who chairs the Gillespie County Republican Party, thinks the resignation was more about the stress of the job and a disagreement about compensation with the county, rather than intimidation “Politics, in general, have become very nasty. People are very opinionated, and they’re not very tolerant if someone doesn’t have their same opinion,” Hancock said. “And there is so much misinformation out there about how people’s ballots are handled and the security that goes into our elections… So, I think misinformation is the biggest proponent to some of the violence that’s being spread.”Each election worker is given a manual that includes safety protocols.
“The pressures of the job are have increased a lot,” Collier said. “Every time the state legislature meets, they add about 100 to 200, literally, new pieces of of election law that she [had] to process. She [had] a very small staff. And she was overworked, on top of receiving a lot of intimidation, threats and questioning of her ability to do the job and everything else that went on election night.”“She really needs some space right now,” Collier said.
“I have not been involved nor been informed of such a threat or anything like that. And in fact, our elections have always gone very smooth and very friendly,” Saiidi said. “It’s really disheartening that somebody would do such a thing,” Saiidi said. “We don’t condone it, of course. We’re obviously opposed to that kind of thing. And the election administrators have done a very good, decent job of supporting the community.”“I moved to Fredericksburg in 2015 with my family,” Saiidi said.
Election administrators and workers are needed across the state. But Hancock said overall, the state’s ready for the election.Before November rolls around, Collier said getting the county clerk and tax assessor-collector offices up to speed on the new laws is important.
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