Posted on 03/06/2019 6:37:56 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
Kentucky officials publicly released records Wednesday that show employees in the secretary of state’s office used the voter registration system to look up political rivals, state investigators and a range of political operatives.
It is not clear in many instances why the office of Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes was looking up people and their personal information — political affiliation, every home address ever on file, some Social Security numbers — but it has led critics to conclude her office abused its access to the system to gain information about her political opponents and those involved in multiple investigations of her conduct while in office.
After ProPublica and the Lexington Herald-Leader reported on the use of voter rolls this year, Grimes, a Democrat, had maintained that her office had done no inappropriate searches, and she called for the State Board of Elections to release records of who had looked up what, if anything. She asked that not only her staff’s search logs be made public but also the searches of every county official with similar access.
“These searches will reflect that my staff have always acted appropriately pursuant to my role as Kentucky’s secretary of state and chief elections official,” she said in a statement released by her office.
After the release of the records, a spokesperson maintained the same. Lillie Ruschell said all searches were performed at the request of the media or the public, or to perform background checks on job applicants. She attached a series of documents she contended proved that the searches were valid, though many of them were irrelevant to the claims.
The disclosures come as an independent counsel is preparing a report on a variety of allegations made against Grimes, including claims her office has inappropriately handed sensitive voter roll information.
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I don't really agree with the first part of this - just because one occupant of an office misuses their authority doesn't mean you remove the authority from the office itself - that could also come back to bite us later.
Never mind. I was wrong. I’ll get fifty people telling me that anyway who don’t bother reading.
It’s tucked away in the third paragraph...
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Too bad she can’t access FBI records like the big fish Democrats.
And I corrected myself in the post before yours.
“Grimes, a Democrat,”
Yeah, I corrected myself up above. As did ten other people. But thanks for playing.
Indeed...
2 down, 48 to go.
In Florida everything except how you voted is online. Party affiliation, age, etc. Huge invasion of privacy in my opinion. But Big Data must love it.
Why is ProPublica investigating a Democrat?
In addition to reporting on searches within the voter registration system, ProPublica and the Herald-Leader’s three-part series showed Grimes pushed through a $150,000 contract to a cybersecurity consultant state employees had worried was unqualified, but whose CEO had donated to Grimes’ campaigns. The reporting also showed Grimes and Thurston had instructed SBE staff to delay acting on a federal consent decree aimed at cleaning the state’s voter rolls. Grimes has called the reporting sexist, defending the actions of her office. She denies that the contract was awarded inappropriately, and she maintains that her office is in compliance with the consent decree.
Funny they forgot to mention she’s a demonrat. Just an oversight I’m sure.
Grimes, a Democrat
Third paragraph. I’m shocked!!! .not.
Everyone please look at her Maiden name. Allison Lundergan Grimes, Democrat Daughter of Jerry Lundergan former fundraiser for Bill Clinton. Jerry’s name has come up many times pertaining to campaign finance violations. He’s lower than a snake and this is his Daughter. She is Dirty but always walks away unscathed.
I had a difficult time seeing that. I read through it once, saw zero mention, and concluded it was a Rat.
We should all be aware, there is a push by the left to get anything on the Right having to do with voter irregularities, to lay the stage.
IMO, if you want to see what the Left is up to, watch what they accuse you of doing.
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