Tarrant County Election Commission will meet to discuss administrator’s resignation
The Tarrant County Election Commission will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday in a closed session to discuss the election administrator’s recent resignation.
Heider Garcia, who has been the elections administrator since 2018, resigned in a letter dated April 16 that was sent to County Judge Tim O’Hare and County Administrator G.K. Maenius.
In his resignation letter, Garcia cited a meeting with O’Hare and differing ideas for running transparent elections as a reason for his departure.
The commission’s primary purpose is to hire, accept the resignation of or recommend termination of the elections administrator.
Garcia’s last day will be June 23 to allow his staff to complete municipal elections and potential runoffs. Early voting for the May 6 election begins Monday.
The election commission is a five-member body made up of O’Hare, county clerk Mary Louise Nicholson, tax-assessor collector Wendy Burgess, Tarrant County Democratic Party chair Allison Campolo and Tarrant GOP chair Rick Barnes.
