MD: Changing Board of Elections bids farewell to its first administrator
Maryland’s longest-serving elections director has one last request: there’s a violet on her desk that needs to be watered, and maybe to find a new home.
Thursday is Linda Lamone’s last day on the job. Tuesday was supposed to be her last appearance at the Maryland State Board of Elections but she was conspicuously absent.
“The work that she has done as the first and only administrator…she basically created what we have in Maryland with a statewide system,” said William Voelp, a Republican and vice chair of the Maryland State Board of Elections. “I’m humbled to have worked with her and I’m a better person for being on the board and working with Linda Lamone. I’m sad that she’s not here and that I could tell her that.”
In a phone interview Tuesday, Lamone said she was unable to attend because of a “prior commitment” that could not be rescheduled.
It is a time of change at the board.
In addition to Lamone, Deputy Elections Administrator Nikki Charlson has also left. Charlson was one of two finalists to succeed Lamone along with Jared DeMarinis, the current director of candidacy and campaign finance.
https://www.marylandmatters.org/2023/08/30/changing-board-of-elections-bids-farewell-to-its-first-administrator/