The registrar of voters in California’s Nevada County has closed the workplace to the general public after a confrontation with some maskless residents who're making an attempt to recall your entire board of supervisors.
Gregory J. Diaz — who's the county’s clerk/recorder in addition to registrar of voters — launched a press release saying the choice was made out of concern for security. Telephone and e mail service will change in-person visits till additional discover, he mentioned.
The incident that prompted the closure occurred on Thursday on the workplace in Nevada Metropolis. Diaz mentioned three proponents of the recall “stormed our workplace, pushed an worker, and claimed that that they had a proper to look in our workplace in individual.” The three refused to put on masks, as required by COVID-19 protocol.
Calvin Clark, a recall supporter who was not among the many three, advised the Sierra Solar that he noticed video of the incident and that it didn't match Diaz’s description of “storming” the workplace. He contended a recall supporter was injured when somebody tried to shut a door on her.
The bid to recall all 5 county supervisors was initiated final month, and the three proponents had been reportedly within the registrar’s workplace Thursday to verify on the petition’s standing. The recall proponents argue that the county has imposed extreme restrictions through the COVID pandemic.
Nevada County, with a inhabitants of about 100,000, covers a swath of the Sierra Nevada from simply north of Auburn to the Nevada line, together with Truckee, Grass Valley and Nevada Metropolis.
Final week, in a response to rising COVID instances, the county returned to curbside service just for its public libraries.
The county’s public well being division has reported 2,435 new confirmed instances up to now two weeks, bringing the cumulative complete to 13,414.