The Harris County Election Board on Tuesday voted to accept Elections Administrator Isabel Longoria’s resignation and hire a national search firm to find a replacement, two weeks after the panel could only agree to adjourn without taking any action.
, the election board had — until Tuesday morning — never accepted it.
Nonetheless, Siegel on Tuesday suggested making Longoria’s resignation effective immediately. No one seconded the motion. Siegel then proposed moving Longoria’s last day to June 1, but again no other members seconded the motion.The March primary was the first major election overseen by Longoria. During the primary,, then difficulties with voting machines and systems delayed results.
The missteps amounted to an erosion of confidence in the local voting process, said Tomaro Bell, a critic of Longoria and community organizer in the MacGregor Park area.
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