Were The Early Vote Totals Made Available To Some Candidate Camps Prior To Closing Of The Polls?
This is the response I wrote on the WKSR website in response to their news article.
How can you get so much wrong in such a short article. I never said i would be testifying before the Grand Jury on the matter next month or any other matter as far as that goes. What I said was that I did not doubt that it would be going before the Grand Jury next month. BIG difference.
The important thing is that Mr. Rackley and Mrs Bassham stated that "the surveillance footage, the election summary report and eyewitness accounts show the results were released at 7:09 that evening" . They did not say that the information had not been given out to some prior to the polls closing. When I attempted to ask about the matter Mr. Rackley refused to answer stating that I was not on the agenda and would not be allowed to speak. It seems that until I have a difficult question anyone can speak at an election commission meeting but when I try to ask a question suddenly the rules change. The thing that I wanted to ask about, the release of early voting totals prior to the polls closing, was not on the agenda for the meeting so how could anyone possibly get on the agenda to speak about a non agenda item.
Mr. Rackley once agin show his capability to throw a hissy fit and tried to have me removed from the meeting for creating a disturbance but even the deputy sitting by the door was not aware of a disturbance.
Once again in an effort to avoid questions by the public and cover possible shortcomings and violations the air of secrecy has been stirred and created suspicions and mistrust. A clear statement that, "the early vote totals was absolutely not released by any official of the election office" would have gone a long way to dismissing the issue but when the culture of deceit rules there can seldom be any clarity.
How can you get so much wrong in such a short article. I never said i would be testifying before the Grand Jury on the matter next month or any other matter as far as that goes. What I said was that I did not doubt that it would be going before the Grand Jury next month. BIG difference.
The important thing is that Mr. Rackley and Mrs Bassham stated that "the surveillance footage, the election summary report and eyewitness accounts show the results were released at 7:09 that evening" . They did not say that the information had not been given out to some prior to the polls closing. When I attempted to ask about the matter Mr. Rackley refused to answer stating that I was not on the agenda and would not be allowed to speak. It seems that until I have a difficult question anyone can speak at an election commission meeting but when I try to ask a question suddenly the rules change. The thing that I wanted to ask about, the release of early voting totals prior to the polls closing, was not on the agenda for the meeting so how could anyone possibly get on the agenda to speak about a non agenda item.
Mr. Rackley once agin show his capability to throw a hissy fit and tried to have me removed from the meeting for creating a disturbance but even the deputy sitting by the door was not aware of a disturbance.
Once again in an effort to avoid questions by the public and cover possible shortcomings and violations the air of secrecy has been stirred and created suspicions and mistrust. A clear statement that, "the early vote totals was absolutely not released by any official of the election office" would have gone a long way to dismissing the issue but when the culture of deceit rules there can seldom be any clarity.
posted by Allen Barrett | 5:01 PM
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