Election officials keep quitting years after 2020, as new study flags ongoing turnover risk

The trend of local election officials exiting their roles since 2020 has continued at a brisk pace, with a new study finding 50% of chief local election officials in the Western portion of the U.S. have left their jobs since 2020. 

Election administrators, including hired employees and elected officials, have increasingly quit or left their roles in the past five years, with a study published by nonprofit Issue One finding the departures have not slowed as the nation moves farther away from the pandemic-era cycle.