Javier Chacon Resigns as Elections Administrator

Okay so I've been contacted by a lot of folks asking me what happened with Javier Chacon. I have a ton of respect for the guy and like him a lot so I'm going to tread lightly here.

Elections Administator position is no where as easy as a lot of people might think it is. Its a lot to juggle, you have to work with all the municipalities, water boards (except the super secret ones that handle their own elections) school boards, etc in the County.

You have an electorate who couldn't be more disinterested in the election process if they tried.

There are a ton of election requirements that have to be met to comply with the Texas constitution and federal law.

You have to field election judges for all the precincts and you have to referee the Parties.

In the last year alone he had to oversee a primary, a run-off, a special election, and then the November gubernatorial election. Durin the special election the last thing the poor staff wanted was a run-off because that would've been ANOTHER election they had to pull-off. The special election was a short-notice thing and Chacon managed to make it work without a hitch.

He was always available to media and took the time to explain the complexities of a lot of election scenarious that aren't your everyday problems like special elections, incorporations, and redistricting.

Now what everyone wants to know is what happened. The short answer is, I don't know. But use your Spidey senses. There was a meeting of the Election Committee tonight. Then he submitted a hand-written letter of resignation.

All signs point to he was asked to resign. I don't know why, but I'm told by a source that there was a vote taken to ask for his resignation and the vote was 3-1 in favor of asking for the resignation.

I attempted to reach Javier Chacon but he was unavailable for comment. I'm sure more info will come out soon. Stay tuned.