Summit County Coroner Joanne Richardson announced plans to resign her post Monday, timing the announcement to avoid an election for her replacement.
The last day for potential coroner candidates to get their names on the November ballot was Friday, according to election officials.
Richardson said she has been planning to step down for months to join her husband in Basalt, but waited until Monday to officially resign so the job of selecting her successor would be in the hands of the Summit County commissioners rather than the voters.
“I was afraid we would get too many CSI wannabes coming out of the woodwork,” Richardson said of her decision. “That way my successor has two years to prove themselves and if the citizens are happy with them, then my successor may get elected or somebody else may move in. At that point, it’s out of my control.”
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