A month after his reelection, Dallas County Republican Party Chair Allen West has resigned.
West notified county election department officials Wednesday afternoon. He called to inform elections administrator Paul Adams.
Commissioner Andy Sommerman confirmed Wednesday that West quit.
"Allen West called Paul Adams this afternoon to announce that he was resigning as the Republican chair," he said.
The local Republican Party is scheduled to meet Monday and its county executive committee had planned to vote for West's removal.
Party members were angry and disappointed that West signed a contract with the county to revert to countywide vote centers for the May primary run off election.
West made the decision to amend and sign the contract after a disastrous Primary Election Day last month confused and potentially disenfranchised an estimated minimum 30,000 voters.
The Republican Party voted at the end of December to hold separate, precinct-based primary elections on Election Day, March 3.
Allen had announced earlier this month in his weekly newsletter party members were unhappy that he signed an amended contract with the county election department to allow Republican and Democratic voting together at any location throughout the county in May.
He had decided to abandon precinct-based voting and return to countywide voting after last month's chaotic primary elections 鈥� which confused thousands of voters and set off a chain of legal action in local and state courts.
He told 四虎影院 that holding another election that confuses voters could open the Republican Party up to potential risks, including disenfranchisement accusations. He also alluded to the potential for "serious legal ramifications and litigation."
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