The Chester County Commissioners announced on Wednesday, Jan. 27, that the new director of the Department of Voter Services has been selected from within the department.
Kara Rahn, a resident of Honey Brook, has served as assistant director of Chester County Voter Services and is skilled in the Pennsylvania Election Code and in all election programming software, a county press release said.
Rahn was instrumental in the certification process of the 2014 and 2015 election results, and is proficient in voter registration and absentee ballot processes and procedures, the release said. She replaces James L. Forsythe, who recently retired.
Prior to her service as assistant director of Voter Services, Rahn held a managerial role at Exelon, based at Limerick Generating Station, was deputy director of the Delaware County Transportation Management Association, and served as government affairs coordinator and community relations representative for PECO, according to the release.
Rahn is a graduate of Shippensburg University and has an MBA from Eastern University, the release said.
