Poll worker is asked to resign

STAFF REPORT

LISBON — The Columbiana County Board of Elections has canceled a meeting Saturday to discuss whether two county newcomers voted improperly. No new meeting has been set.

In a related move, David Johnson, the chairman of the elections board and chairman of the county Republican Party, on Friday called for a poll worker to resign.

Nancy Cope, the secretary of the county Republican Party, on Tuesday sent a complaint to the board about alleged improper voting.

She stated that Peter Grant Jr. of Washington state and Molly Thompson, formerly of North Carolina, moved to Ohio. The two registered to vote Sept. 30 and voted that day.

Ohio law requires that voters be permanent residents.

Grant and Thompson withdrew their votes Friday morning at the board, county officials said.

Tad Herold, an assistant county prosecutor who was researching the complaint, said any move for possible legal action is up to the elections board.

Cope said the pair gave their address as the home of Bea Delpapa, a poll worker who also is a presiding judge of a county precinct.

Johnson asked Delpapa to step down from her election work. There was no word Friday if she did so.