Hampton GOP official formally removed from city Electoral Board after racist Facebook post surfaced

A Hampton Republican Party official accused of racist Facebook posts has been formally removed from his position as chair of the city’s Electoral Board after the Hampton Circuit Court signed off on his resignation.While David Dietrich resigned from the Hampton Electoral Board over the weekend, the order, signed Monday by Chief Judge Michael Gaten, formally relieves Dietrich of his “powers, rights, responsibilities and obligations” as a board member.In a statement to The Virginian-Pilot, Rebecca Winn, vice-chair of the board, said “our democracy is under attack.”“That attack may look like an actual physical assault on our U.S. Capitol building or, in this case, like the appointment of a white supremacist and nationalist to conduct and oversee our elections,” Winn said.All cities and counties in Virginia have a three-member electoral board whose duties include: appointing the general registrar, training election officers, preparing ballots, conducting the election and certifying election results, according to the city’s website.“To ensure our success as a country, I urge both Congress and our Virginia legislature to pass laws like the Election Worker and Polling Place Protection Act which would better support and protect the people carrying out the work of democracy,” Winn said. “More importantly, I encourage all…
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