Troubled County Clerk Ordered to Step Aside in Recall Elections

[hue]

Source: WaukeshaPatch

County Executive Dan Vrakas gives Kathy Nickolaus two options: resign or have deputy clerk oversee department during upcoming recall race.
It’s two strikes and out for Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus, whose latest Election Day pickle led County Executive Dan Vrakas to relieve her of her duties for the historic recall elections in May and June.

According to a statement released Thursday from the County Executive’s Office, Vrakas posed an ultimatum to Nickolaus in an effort to restore confidence in the upcoming election: Either resign as clerk or she designate her Election Day duties to the deputy clerk.

Nickolaus chose the latter.

Read more: http://waukesha.patch.com/articles/troubled-waukesha-county-clerk-ordered-to-step-aside-in-recall-elections?ncid=newsltuspatc00000003

[benld74]

1. Wouldn't trust either of them myself.

[lukkadairish]

2. There is absolutely

No credibility having one of her minions doing what amounts to her will and pleasure anyhow. The choice should have been either resign or be fired for unmitigated ineptitude. And that courtesy is exceedingly kind. It should be an indictment for outright election fraud

[TroglodyteScholar]

3. She should not have been given any option but resignation.

This is a nice gesture, but that's all it is. She needs to be gone permanently.

[southernyankeebelle]

4. She should have been transferred to another state job or fired from the one she had.

Having a deputy who works closely with her doesn't change anything unless there will be others with her to double check her.

[The Wizard]

5. Prison

as a warning to others who rig elections.

[diane in sf]

6. "Troubled!?" more like criminal