> For example COVID emergencies were kept in effect long after it was appropriate. COVID didn't get the memo. Both Hazelo and Abuhl, who were election obser

> For example COVID emergencies were kept in effect long after it was appropriate. COVID didn't get the memo. Both Hazelo and Abuhl, who were election observers, challenged a mask mandate in the ballot counting room imposed by Island County Auditor Sheilah Crider, a Republican. She imposed the rule after 10 people in the office became ill with COVID during the primary ballot recount in August, and she didn’t want to jeopardize the health of the team of elderly volunteers. https://www.southwhidbeyrecord.com/news/jury-finds-former-head-of-island-county-republicans-guilty-in-elections-office-mask-mandate-case/