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A former Armstrong County director of elections is alleging a civil rights violation, age discrimination and interference with her job in a lawsuit against the county and a contractor.

Marybeth Kuznik, of Penn Township, Westmoreland County, filed suit against Armstrong County and an independent contractor hired by the county to perform election-related work. The suit was filed last month in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh.

Kuznik claims the contractor antagonized and bullied her, and sent emails containing “hostile rantings” about her to county commissioners, the county administrator and other employees.

As the only full-time employee in her department, Kuznik said she single-handedly administered the 2020 election for the county’s 45,000 registered voters.

In the suit, she argues that the county violated Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 by subjecting her to disparate treatment in her employment on the basis of her sex, unreasonably interfering with her ability to perform her job, and creating an intimidating, humiliating, and hostile work environment.

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