Rockwall County Swears In Nerren as New Deputy Elections Administrator

Sheri Nerren took the oath of office as Rockwall County's Deputy Elections Administrator on April 2, the same day the county's voter registration deadline expired for the May 2 Uniform Election, leaving her office 16 days to finalize operations for a ballot spanning city council and school board races countywide.

County Judge Frank New administered the swearing-in. The appointment fills a post vacated when Christy Myers retired in March after roughly a decade as deputy, giving Nerren immediate operational ownership of the county's spring election cycle with no runway for a gradual handoff.

The role is the hands-on center of county election administration. The deputy oversees voter registration processing, early voting coordination, polling place logistics, ballot preparation, and equipment chain-of-custody for scanners and tabulators. Rockwall County's elections office also administers elections under contract for multiple local jurisdictions, extending the deputy's responsibilities well beyond county-only precincts and raising the stakes of any disruption in the transition.

Nerren comes to the post from within the office itself. She has worked in various capacities inside the Elections Department and earned her Certified Elections/Registration Administrator designation, issued through The Election Center, in 2024. The CERA is the original professional certification for election administrators in the United States, built on a curriculum of more than 30 courses covering legal, managerial, and technical aspects of the work.

Rockwall County carried 90,000 registered voters on its rolls as of December 2025, a number that reflects one of the faster-growing counties in Texas. With registration now closed for May 2, that pool is fixed. Early voting runs April 20 through April 28, with a pause on April 21 in observance of San Jacinto Day, leaving eight days of early voting before election day.

The county has not announced operational changes tied to the appointment. Voters with questions about polling locations, early voting hours, or registration status can contact the Rockwall County Elections Office through rockwallvotes.com.