Cumberland Elections Director on Paid Leave as Republicans Pursue Her Firing

Cumberland County Elections Director Angie Amaro was put on paid administrative leave by the county elections board while a petition to fire her is pending with the state, a source with knowledge of the situation told CityView on Friday.

Through an intermediary, Amaro declined to comment.

On April 2, the three Republicans on the five-person elections board petitioned the executive director of the N.C. State Board of Elections to have Amaro dismissed. Under state law, decisions to hire and fire county elections directors lie with the state director and the state elections board.

Amaro received notice of the petition on April 18 and has 15 days from then, which is May 3, to file a response. The petition lists the reasons that the board members are asking for her to be fired.




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