Virginia Election Official To Quit Over GOP Harassment

The Virginia Mercury reports:

The top election official in one of Virginia’s biggest counties announced Friday that he’s quitting his job later this year due to stress and called out what he described as a “bullshit” ploy by local Republicans to try to undermine his office by installing their own people in jobs overseeing polling places.

Prince William County Registrar Eric Olsen said he would resign after the midterm elections after a local GOP leader made phone calls to election officers suggesting they would be getting different Election Day assignments than the ones Olsen had announced.

The elections office also received a letter from a lawyer for the local GOP threatening a lawsuit if Republicans didn’t get more representation in the higher-ranking election chief and assistant chief roles.

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Prince William’s top election official says he’s quitting his job later this year due to stress and called out what he described as a ploy by local Republicans to try to undermine his office by installing their own people in jobs overseeing polling places. https://t.co/iTGDZSkRRa

— The Virginia Mercury (@MercuryVirginia) October 7, 2022