Posted on May 20, 2023
Johnson County Sheriff's election investigation led to only 1 case with 'no evidence' or charges
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Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden has been investigating election results for over a year, but has so far failed to produce any confirmed cases of voter fraud. An open records request revealed only a single case that has been referred to the district attorney, who said there was no evidence to support criminal charges.
Earlier this spring, Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden painted a distressing picture of the county’s elections during a hearing before a Kansas Senate committee.
According to his testimony, there had been more than 15 statutory violations of election laws his office had turned over to the district attorney that were awaiting action. There had been no criminal penalties for most of those violations so far, he said, but crime mapping went “all the way to China.”
Earlier this spring, Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden painted a distressing picture of the county’s elections during a hearing before a Kansas Senate committee.
According to his testimony, there had been more than 15 statutory violations of election laws his office had turned over to the district attorney that were awaiting action. There had been no criminal penalties for most of those violations so far, he said, but crime mapping went “all the way to China.”
Johnson County Sheriff's election investigation led to only 1 case with 'no evidence' or charges
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I believe in every election there is at least a chance of voter fraud, however, I don't think it is enough to influence any outcomes.
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The deflection, distractions and denigration of the fact tellers linger because this is all they got.
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There are two universal problems with "election fraud" investigations.
1. Complaints about "election fraud" come only from the losing side, but investigations of "election fraud" are conducted only by the winning side.
2. The only agency with the actual evidence to support or deny any claim of significant "election fraud" is exactly the agency responsible for ensuring the integrity of the election (at the state level this is usually the Secretary of State office).
Bottom line: Any election fraud complaint is asking the fox to investigate whether or not the fox guarded the hen house properly.
In virtually every case the final result is a statement: I carefully investigated myself and found no evidence that I had done anything wrong.
Having an "independent" agency investigate "election fraud" changes the result to: I asked the election officials for all evidence that they did something wrong and they didn't find any evidence of having done anything wrong to give me.
1. Complaints about "election fraud" come only from the losing side, but investigations of "election fraud" are conducted only by the winning side.
2. The only agency with the actual evidence to support or deny any claim of significant "election fraud" is exactly the agency responsible for ensuring the integrity of the election (at the state level this is usually the Secretary of State office).
Bottom line: Any election fraud complaint is asking the fox to investigate whether or not the fox guarded the hen house properly.
In virtually every case the final result is a statement: I carefully investigated myself and found no evidence that I had done anything wrong.
Having an "independent" agency investigate "election fraud" changes the result to: I asked the election officials for all evidence that they did something wrong and they didn't find any evidence of having done anything wrong to give me.
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