Democrat: North Dakota’s new elections chief ‘ineffective’

North Dakota’s secretary of state says he has no problem with the state’s new elections director, despite complaints that he undermined election security work, created a toxic work environment and broke the law in previous roles elsewhere.

Brian Newby started working for North Dakota’s secretary of state’s office in mid-December. Newby was executive director of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission from 2015 to 2019.

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