Republican election officials resigned after call with lawyer for 'very unhappy' NCGOP BY WILL DORAN

[RandySF]

Both Republican members of the N.C. State Board of Elections voted Tuesday in favor of proposed changes to mail-in voting rules, then resigned in protest of those rules the next day.

Those resignations, of board members Ken Raymond and David Black, came in the wake of several highly critical press releases from the state’s top Republican politicians. A party spokesman confirmed to The News & Observer that they also came after a phone call with the top lawyer for the state Republican Party to convey that the NC GOP was “very unhappy.”

“They called and spoke with our counsel,” said Tim Wigginton, the N.C. Republican Party’s spokesman, referring to Chief Counsel Philip Thomas. “And afterward they put out their resignation letters.”

On Facebook, Black’s wife wrote that his resignation was “not voluntary.”

Deb Black’s Facebook comment read: “The GOP chairman neglected to mention that these resignations were not voluntary. They were told to resign. Sad times when republicans are firing intelligent and trustworthy republicans.”




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[struggle4progress]

1. "We just do whatever we're told"

[ZZenith]

2. "Intelligent and trustworthy Republicans"

Go ahead, pull the other one.

[Cha]

6. That's Begging for "Oxymoron"!

[ZZenith]

7. You mean, like Rush Limbaugh? The Oxy-moron?

[Cha]

8. lol.. I wondered where you

were going with that.

That too!

[ResistantAmerican17]

9. Thanks ZZEnith for that one.!!! My mom would add...."it's got a bell on it." RIP Mom.

[ZZenith]

10. Awwww. I would have liked your mother.

[ResistantAmerican17]

11. Thank you for that...

[Hassin Bin Sober]

3. 6000 out of 100,000 votes tossed for minor technicalities and repigs want to keep it that way.

[OnDoutside]

4. Black and Raymond said that the Dems misled them as to what the

terms of the settlement would be, so the 3 Dems on the board waived privilege and released the minutes, showing everyone was fully informed as to what was happening. The question is, since they voted with the 3 Dems, what was their motivation then ?

[stopdiggin]

5. it was a fair settlement

in all eyes -- until the state GOP brass told them it wasn't. Funny how that works.

[OnDoutside]

12. Exactly. And the nice bit was Black's wife taking to Facebook to defend him, saying they were

forced to resign, lumping the NCGOP back in the shit.

[Thekaspervote]

13. And so it begins..they eat their own!