Richmond General Registrar Keith Balmer resigned from his position Wednesday amid a closed meeting of the city’s electoral board, The Richmonder reported. The board met to discuss investigations that revealed multiple violations of city policy and misuse of public funds.

Richmond’s top two election officials have resigned after two investigations found they broke city policies with the misuse of city funds and more misconduct.

The Richmond Electoral Board voted unanimously to accept Balmer's resignation after discussing the inspector general report in closed session for more than three hours on Wednesday.