Written By: Kayla Henson | ×
Stark County Auditor and Election Official, Kay Haag, declined to say whether or not she will be retiring prior to the 2020 general election in November. (Kayla Henson / The Dickinson Press)
Kay Haag, Stark County auditor and election official, announced her resignation at a Stark County Commission meeting last month, effective mid-October. Despite the general election being less than a month away, a replacement for the county s election official has not yet been named.
North Dakota Century Code 44-02-4 addresses the process for filling a vacancy in the county auditor position should the auditor resign. In it, it states that the vacancy must be filled by the board of county commissioners a matter that has been a subject of contention amongst elected officials in the county.