(LaPorte, IN) - The president of the LaPorte County Election Board has resigned in the wake of the controversy over the handling of the June 2 primary.

Republican Andrew Voeltz stepped down Sunday.

There have been allegations of possible impropriety, negligence and incompetence for the delay in counting all of the mail in ballots and other matters like inaccurate vote totals until the count was finalized.

LaPorte County republican party chairman Mitch Feikes says Voeltz did not give a reason for resigning.

Feikes says he plans to go before the election board Friday to

voice his concerns.

According to the LaPorte County Clerk’s office, human error was to

blame for ballots republicans alleged were missing.

The clerk’s office says the ballots from Coolspring Township were there but not counted right away due to a mishap in tallying on a counting machine.

The mistake has been corrected and all of the ballots have been tallied, according to the clerk’s office.
The vacated election board seat was filled this morning by Chuck Watterson.

Watterson is an attorney from LaPorte with a practice

in Michigan City.