The Cobb Board of Elections and Registration on Monday voted to hire a new elections director.
Her name is Tate Fall, and for the last year she has been the deputy elections director in Arlington County, Va.
A release issued Tuesday by Cobb County Government said that she will start Dec. 4, after municipal elections in several Cobb cities.
Fall will succeed Janine Eveler, who retired in April after serving in the role for 12 years.
Since July, the Cobb Elections office has been led on an interim basis by Gerry Miller, an assistant Cobb elections director in 2021 who also had retired from the department.
The search was extended because a lack of qualified candidates in the initial search.
In Tuesday’s release, Cobb Elections Board chairwoman Tori Silas said that “it was difficult to find someone with the level of experience needed along with the zeal for this job. We believe we have found the right person at the right time.”
Fall is a graduate of Auburn University and holds a master’s degree in public administration and a graduate certificate in election administration.
She also has worked for the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, an independent agency of the U.S. government. According to its website, its “mission is to help election officials improve the administration of elections and help Americans participate in the voting process.”
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