Jeff Brindle, the executive director of the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, will retire, the New Jersey Globe has learned.
Brindle’s decision to retire comes more than five months after Gov. Phil Murphy had sought to oust Brindle from his post earlier this year over an email sent to a staffer last fall that mocked National Coming Out Day.
He will leave on November 30.
Brindle has served as executive director since 2009. He is suing Murphy and some top aides over their bid to force him out.
Murphy named four new ELEC commissioners in June following the passage of the Election Transparency Act that reconstituted the state’s campaign finance watchdog panel.
It’s not immediately clear who will be named as Brindle’s replacement.
Murphy named Thomas H. Prol, the first openly gay president of the New Jersey Bar Association, as the new chairman. He also named former Assemblyman Ryan Peters (R-Hainesport), longtime Clark Municipal Prosecutor Jon-Henry Barr, and former Senior Deputy Attorney General Norma Evans to serve as commissioners.