Richmond Electoral Board removes General Registrar Kirk Showalter for cause
The Richmond Electoral Board will vote whether or not to dismiss General Registrar Kirk Showalter following allegations of mishandling the November election.
and last updated 2021-02-02 07:56:28-05
RICHMOND, Va. The Richmond Electoral Board voted 2-1 Monday night to dismiss General Registrar Kirk Showalter for cause following allegations of mishandling the November election.
Showalter has served as the cityâs chief elections officer since 1995.
She was removed âfor cause,â but she has been highly criticized for her handling of the November election. Brendan King CBS 6 (@ImBrendanKing) February 2, 2021
Last year, the Democratic Party of Virginia, Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney, and others called for Richmond Registrar Kirk Showalter to step down from her job citing events that occurred before, during, and after the 2020 election.
Richmond Registrar Removed From Office
Kirk Showalter, Richmond s General Registrar for over two decades, was removed from office by the city s board of elections Monday night. Last year, she demonstrated to a VPM intern how to use an absentee ballot for the 2020 elections. (Jakob Cordes / VPM News).
The Richmond Board of Elections voted 2-1 to remove the city s top elections official Monday evening.
Board members heard public comment on the matter, and then went into a closed session for three hours to deliberate and make a decision.
Richmond’s votes took weeks to count, and partially reported results for some local races displayed misleading and sometimes incorrect numbers for hours or even days. Some campaigns raised concerns with Showalter’s office that they say still haven’t been properly answered months later.