The three staff members running elections in Marion County plan to quit their jobs today.
Marion County Mayor Howell Moss said he was informed that the staffers plan to turn in their keys after they finished their work this afternoon. He said they were unhappy being involved with the office, which is under investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
“They’re just tired of the controversy,” Mr. Moss said.
County Elections Administrator Holly Henegar resigned April 8, citing “over a year (of) harassing behavior to such an extent that it has seriously altered the conditions of my employment.”
On Feb. 1, fired election commission employee Dean Reams filed a complaint with the state Division of Elections, accusing Mrs. Henegar of fraudulent payroll transactions and of hiring family members, among other allegations.
A person who answered the phone Thursday at the elections commission office referred all comments to Mr. Moss.
Robert McVey, a member of the county election commission, said those leaving were part-time workers and the board planned to appoint a new administrator at a meeting Thursday.
He said he was unaware as to the status of the TBI investigation.
That new appointee would decide how to fill the positions if the staff members quit as they said they would.
“That will be up to the administrator,” he said.
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