NEW: Borofsky resigns as elections administrator

Web Posted: 07/14/2005 12:55 PM CDT

Elizabeth Allen
San Antonio Express-News Staff Writer

Bexar County Elections Administrator Cliff Borofsky resigned today to take the same post in Williamson County.

Borofsky, who submitted his letter to County Judge Nelson Wolff today, said ?nothing in particular? led to his leaving. His resignation is effective Aug. 11.

?I?ve been eight years here,? Borofsky said. ?It?s been a good stint. I think it?s just time for me to move.?

Williamson County is north of Austin. Its county seat is Georgetown.

Since 2001, Borofsky has overseen an office that made the transition from paper ballots to electronic voting. He was elections manager for County Clerk Gerry Rickhoff before county commissioners resurrected the elections administrator post.

Borofsky came close to losing his job in 2002 after problems counting a two-page ballot meant it took nearly 30 hours to tally 277,000 ballots and forced Wolff to apologize publicly for the delay.

But Wolff and the rest of the elections commission kept Borofsky on, and Wolff said the parting is friendly.

?This is a very difficult job, no matter who?s doing it,? Wolff said.

He said he suggested a year ago, once he was confident that the elections office was in good shape, that Borofsky see what other opportunities are out there.

?I feel you?ve got limited life in a job like this,? Wolff said. ?It?s pretty politically charged.?

Borofsky said the political pressures that come with the gig are all right with him.

?It has its challenges, obviously, for the world to see, but it?s good work,? he said. ?I?m not going to be rich, but OK.?