Justin Jouvenal: An election chief says the ‘big lie’ ended her career. She’s fighting back. Christine Gibbons was harassed, investigated and dropped as registrar after she was targeted by false election claims. Her career and, some say, fair elections in one #Virginia city hang on the outcome of her legal battle.
"Legal experts say Gibbons’ suit, which contends that the election board violated her First Amendment right to free political association by removing her for purely partisan reasons, is among the first in the country to make that argument. The Supreme Court has held that it is illegal to fire most government workers over politics. Her attorney hopes it will be a test case, drawing a line in the sand that will help other election workers under partisan political fire."
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