Alabama: Secretary of State has no attorneys on staff now
AP reports:
Four attorneys have left the secretary of state's office in the last couple of years -- two of them dismissed by Secretary of State Nancy Worley -- leaving the office for now without a lawyer to answer questions from county voting officials as the Nov. 7 election draws near. ...
Worley was left without an attorney this week when she dismissed Adam Bourne, who was working in the election office and was answering many of the voter registration questions. Staff attorney Hope Ayers also resigned from the office this week to take another job.
Bourne, who had been working in the office for about a year, said Thursday he believes he was dismissed because he turned over a campaign finance complaint against state Sen. Jim Preuitt, D-Talladega, to the attorney general's office.
"As far as I can tell, that's what happened," Bourne said. "She read in the paper I had turned a complaint over to the attorney general's office. She asked me to resign."
Bourne said he refused to resign and was informed he had been removed from the payroll. -- montgomeryadvertiser.com :: Secretary of state's office without attorney