Washoe County’s top election official, Registrar of Voters Jamie Rodriguez, has stepped down.
County officials announced her departure on Tuesday, just weeks ahead of Nevada’s 2024 presidential primaries.
In a statement, a county spokesperson did not give an official reason as to why Rodriguez was stepping down. Instead, they thanked her for her work and said that county officials are supportive of her desire to move on.
Rodriguez was appointed registrar ahead of the 2022 midterm elections after the county’s former elections chief, Deanna Spikula, stepped down in the wake of burnout and harassment following the 2020 presidential election.
A deputy registrar will now serve as the interim head of elections in the state’s second most populous county pending appointment by the Washoe County Commission during a meeting later this month.
Rodriguez is the latest election official in Nevada to resign, which includes nearly every county registrar and clerk in office during the 2020 election.
Voting for the state-run presidential primaries begins January 27. The Nevada Republican Party’s Caucus is February 8.
