Tarrant board keeps chief appraiser after vote error that skewed 2024 election
The Tarrant Appraisal District board won’t fire the official responsible for a significant error related to the agency’s 2024 board election, the directors determined Monday.
After a monthlong investigation into the incident revealed no new information, chief appraiser Joe Don Bobbitt now faces three corrective actions the board voted on Dec. 1. Bobbitt, who made the error last year while distributing voting power among taxing entities, is hired by the appraisal board and was responsible for verifying the share of votes.
Bobbitt has not returned requests for comment from the Fort Worth Report.
Each year, the county’s taxing entities — including the county, cities, school districts and others — vote to fill five of the nine-member appraisal district board seats. Those entities have voting power based on their share of the appraisal district’s taxing revenue. The more tax revenue an entity produces, the more votes it has.
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