Post by Logan on Jun 28, 2016 19:20:14 GMT -6
The finance director for the Republican Party of Arkansas will become the deputy director of the Arkansas Board of Election Commissioners.
The board voted Friday to hire Heather McKim for the job. She will start in about two weeks, Justin Clay, director of the board, said during the meeting.
She will assume many of the duties of the director. Clay is stepping down effective Friday, but the board has not received Department of Finance and Administration approval to replace him. The approval is required because of a state hiring freeze.
Commissioner Stu Soffer, the Republican appointee to the board, made the motion to hire McKim.
"We have two very strong applicants," he said. "One has got technical qualifications, but the other has got high-level state government experience, as I recall, in two different positions."
Read more: www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/jun/25/election-panel-hires-state-gop-official-1/?f=news-politics
The board voted Friday to hire Heather McKim for the job. She will start in about two weeks, Justin Clay, director of the board, said during the meeting.
She will assume many of the duties of the director. Clay is stepping down effective Friday, but the board has not received Department of Finance and Administration approval to replace him. The approval is required because of a state hiring freeze.
Commissioner Stu Soffer, the Republican appointee to the board, made the motion to hire McKim.
"We have two very strong applicants," he said. "One has got technical qualifications, but the other has got high-level state government experience, as I recall, in two different positions."
Read more: www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/jun/25/election-panel-hires-state-gop-official-1/?f=news-politics