Posted on 02/23/2024 10:54:04 PM PST by CFW
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The most populous county in Kansas has rejected demands from the local sheriff and the state’s attorney general to preserve old ballots and records longer than legally allowed, shredding materials sought for an election fraud investigation that has yet to result in any criminal charges.
Johnson County in the Kansas City area issued a statement Thursday that its election office finished Wednesday destroying ballots and other records from 2019, 2020 and 2021, under the direction of the secretary of state, the top elections official in Kansas. State law directed local election officials to shred such materials by the fall of 2022, but the Johnson County election office held off because of an investigation its local sheriff, Calvin Hayden, launched in the fall of 2021.
Hayden, a Republican, has questioned the integrity of the county’s 2020 elections even though there’s been no credible evidence of significant problems and none statewide. In the summer of 2022, he also participated in a conference for a group that promotes a dubious theory that sheriffs have virtually unchecked power in their counties.
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach sent the county a letter in December, telling it that it should preserve the records, saying that allowing Hayden to complete his investigation would promote public confidence in elections and would be “in the interests of justice.” Kobach, also a Republican, was an early supporter of former President Donald Trump who has for years described election fraud as a serious issue. Kobach also served as secretary of state from 2011 through 2018.
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She sheriff wanted the records maintained until he had completed an election fraud investigation. The election officials shredded them anyway.
“The election officials shredded them “
Back in the late 1990s
I did a Renovation and expansion of a County court house ..
You would not believe the “things” that were found under that building in the crawl spaces.
I guess they didn’t have shredders .... and couldn’t risk going to a land fill or taking boxes of things out of the building.
eye opening to say the least.
no doubt
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“You would not believe the “things” that were found under that building in the crawl spaces.”
Aww, you can’t leave it there. We want all the details! :)
Arrest them for destruction of evidence.
IIRC, Kris Kobach was tasked with cleaning up elections when Trump first to office in 2017. It required cooperation from all states. Many simply said, “No. We’re not playing.” Of course, those were the most corrupt states. So he wasn’t able to make any positive changes, really.
hmmmm ....
wish I could but ....
oaths were taken ... papers signed .... promises made
..........blood spilled......
just kidding ...
but I did keep a box full of “mementos” for years ..
and had a very good relation ship with the County Administration.
AP is such Propaganda.
Longer than legally required becomes “Longer than the law allows.”
Big freaking difference.
“no credible evidence of significant problem”
...except for all the problems we choose to ignore and not mention. Machines not working, false addresses on mail-in ballots, etc..
These are known. The other evidence is a system acting pathologically to not let you see them.
“This Will Be The Nastiest, Dirtiest, Scariest Election In Our History” - Victor Davis Hanson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b079LxFsfc&ab_channel=Triggernometry
Yep, even fraud in KS.
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