RICHMOND, Va. — An elections officer was removed from a Richmond precinct on Tuesday morning following an emergency meeting held by the local Electoral Board.
Susan Beals, the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Elections, said 11 voters at Precinct 310 in Gilpin Court were given ballots that did not include any local races. Because they cast the ballots, they were unable to redo their votes with the correct ballots.
Richmond Electoral Board Chair Starlet Stevens told The Associated Press the Board voted to remove the precinct chief not for the error but because the chief was being “disrespectful.”
The Board also received a complaint that the precinct chief refused to help a person who wanted to vote curbside, something that Virginia law allows for anyone 65 and older or physically disabled.
Beals said another person is now running the precinct and that the voting issues "have since been resolved."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
