PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va.—An election officer dispute between political parties and the electoral board in a large Virginia county has led to the resignation of the county’s election chief.
Eric Olsen, director of elections of Prince William County, resigned on Oct. 7. He said he would stay through the current election.
The issues at heart are party designations and party parity. The Democrat and Republican parties believe it’s the parties’ decision, not the electoral board’s. As for party parity, the local Republican party chair wants equal representation in precinct leadership—chiefs and assistant chiefs—on Election Day.
In an emailed statement to The Epoch Times, Olsen wrote: “The deciding factor in my decision is serious health concerns that I need to focus on at present. They have been exacerbated by the highly partisan environment in which we currently find ourselves and a lack of support for people who do this work.”…