Photo by Liliang.In this morning’s roundup, we told you how the tenure of Andrea Pringle, Vince Gray’s new Deputy Chief of Staff, was already off to a rocky start — local government watchdog Dorothy Brizill filed a formal complaint with the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics, accusing Pringle of voting in the District’s 2010 mayoral primary while living in Montgomery County.
We’ve now obtained a copy of the complaint filed by Brizill. In it, Brizill argues that Pringle was “fully aware that she was not a resident of the District of Columbia” when she voted in the primary. Brizill also makes the compelling argument that Pringle really should have known better, considering her experience with elections.
“It is especially troubling that Ms. Pringle chose to violate the District’s election laws given her background. As her resume notes, Ms. Pringle has an extensive background as a elections and political campaign consultant, and has worked on a variety of local and national political campaigns (for example, for Howard Dean, Carol Mosely Braun, Bill Richardson, and Vincent Orange), and in that capacity she would be expected to have gained familiarity with basic election laws and practices,” the complaint states.
Pringle responded to the accusations by arguing in a statement that she believed she “should vote at the precinct where I had voted for the past eight years” because she had not “established residency in Maryland.” If the BOEE finds that she committed improprieties, Pringle could face up to $10,000 in fines.
Brizill’s complaint can be read in full below.
