by Michael Robinson | Uvalde Hesperian
After several previous Uvalde County Commissioners Court meetings and a called County Elections Office meeting which convened last Friday, October 6th, County Commissioners voted to approve accepting a revised list of Republican Party Election Judges for the upcoming November 7th Constitutional Amendment Election of the 2024 Primary Elections. According to Jones, the Texas Secretary of State recommends adopting the Republican Party’s election judges.
The Court’s decision will allow for Emma Trimble to be appointed as the Republican Party Early Voting Ballot Board Judge.
“The old list still stands until the old list of people tell Melissa they don’t want to serve.” Vigil said.
The controversy over the elections judges began after the Uvalde County Commissioner’s Court voted to approve the Democratic and Republican Parties respective slates of Election Judges at the Court’s August 28th meeting.
A few days prior to the Tuesday, October 1oth Commissioners Court Meeting, a County Elections meeting was held Friday morning, October 6th and was attended by County Judge Bill Michell, County Elections Administrator Melissa Jones , Uvalde County Democratic Chair Carlos Lopez, Uvalde County Republican Chairperson Rhonda Vigil , Uvalde County Treasurer Joni Doersam and local news reporter Julie Keeble where a discussion took place on County’s election judge process.
New list of Republican Party Election Judges
Uvalde County resident Jama Brown spoke to the County Commissioners during the County Election Judge agenda item discussion saying stating that in the process of her review of the voter rolls she and others had found a number of names of registered voters that are deceased. “It’s a tedious process. After several hours we found several dead people.” Brown said
Uvalde County Election Judge Melissa Jones spoke following Brown’s comments saying her office reviews records from the Bureau of Vital Statistics as well as death notices from other cities and from many other state agencies in its effort to update the County’s voter rolls. “When time permits, we go through the mortuaries,” Jones said.
