Meet Your Supervisor

Elected Supervisor of Elections in 2000

The Supervisor of Elections is an elected constitutional office whose responsibility is to prepare conduct all county, state, and federal elections.  The office registers all county voters and is responsible for accurately maintaining all records of approximately 16,000 registered electors.  The Supervisor of Elections qualifies all county candidates and monitors all financial reports due from candidates.  In addition, this office handles all filings of financial disclosure forms by appointed and elected officials, which are deemed by the ethics commission to be eligible to file such forms.  Other services include appointment and training of all poll workers, obtaining suitable polling locations, and acquisition and maintenance of all voting equipment.  Our budget also includes the direct cost of conducting the various elections.  Every odd numbered year, we are required by law to perform a list maintenance program of all inactive voters.

 This office has seen many changes in the past few years as we moved from paper punch cards to the current precinct based optical system.  Not only were we faced with the additional expense incurred with the new voting machinery, but added training for elections staff, poll worker training, and our best effort at training the voting public on how to use the new system that was implemented in September 2002.

 The election year of 2000 was a challenge to many, but as the Supervisor of Elections in DeSoto County, my staff and I look forward to serving DeSoto County in the years ahead.