The top elections official in San Francisco was removed from his position in November to give a non-white person a shot at that same position, according to the city’s Elections Commission. However, nearly a month later, the commission changed course after pushback by public officials.
John Arntz, who has served as elections director of the San Francisco Department of Elections for 20 years, was terminated Nov. 16 following the commission’s decision not to renew his contract for another five-year term in a 4–2 vote (pdf) during a closed meeting. His term was set to end in May 2023.
However, during a Dec. 12 meeting, the commission reversed course and moved to place Arntz’s contract renewal to another vote in January. According to Mission Local, a local news outlet, the vote is likely to pass, and the elections director plans to accept the offer….