Election workers of county quits in Virginia after voter fraud allegations

The election workers of a whole county resigned from their positions in Virginia, United States within the wake of accelerating voter fraud claims.

Registrar Lindsey Taylor, who was employed in 2019, beloved conducting elections and had hoped to proceed the job for 3 many years, similar to the earlier registrar.

Taylor beloved the election workers in addition to the volunteer ballot employees and was pleased with the detail-oriented work they did. Dozen of latest legal guidelines have been carried out by her in 2020 and elections have been carried out by her by way of the pandemic, impressing the residents dwelling within the rural, tight-knit neighborhood of Buckingham County.

Nevertheless, issues took an unpleasant flip after the voter fraud claims began. In January, the Buckingham County Electoral Board’s management was assumed by the GOP. Buckingham County was overseeing her workplace and baseless voter fraud claims began being superior by native Republicans that left her baffled.

It was made clear by the electoral board that it wished Taylor out of her out of the job.

“There have been individuals saying that that they had heard all these rumours — that the lawyer normal was going to indict me,” stated Taylor. “Mentally, I simply — I couldn’t take it anymore,” she added.

Three weeks in the past, Taylor in addition to two part-time staffers resigned from their jobs. After their resignations, a deputy registrar additionally give up the job in February, citing an identical battle.

The 4 resignations left residents with out an worker on the registrar’s workplace. Briefly, the individuals don’t have any solution to register their vote or certify the paperwork of the candidate.

“It’s simply unhappy that the large lie has come to Buckingham. And earlier than it was by no means right here,” acknowledged Margaret Thomas, who had labored as Buckingham County’s normal registrar for greater than 28 years earlier than retirement.

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“A variety of election officers I’ve talked to are asking themselves: why am I doing this? Why am I getting paid like a civil servant to be consistently harassed?” acknowledged David Becker, the Centre for Election Innovation and Analysis’s government director.

“Whether or not it’s the intent or not, the impact is to drive lots of these public servants — upon who we’ve relied for many years in some circumstances — out of the sphere, which can depart elections extra susceptible than they’ve been earlier than,” he added. 

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