The Pulaski County Election Commissioners voted Tuesday night to file a complaint with the State Board of Election Commissioners.
Copies of the complaint will also be sent to the Attorney General’s Election Integrity Unit and the Sixth Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney’s office.
The complaint results from a Pulaski County employee swapping ballots in precincts during early voting in electronic voting machines.
All three commissioners — David Scott, Susan Meadors and Sydney Rasch — voted to send a complaint to the State Board of Election Commissioners.
Rasch abstained from sending the complaint to the Attorney General’s office and the Sixth Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney’s office.
The Reckoning first broke this story about the Pulaski County Clerk's office last week. Read that story here:
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On Tuesday, before the Commission's meeting to certify election results, the Reckoning published another story about the Pulaski County clerk’s office where the swap occurred and the resignation of an employee. The Reckoning also asked state officials if they were investigating the ballot swap.
Read that story here:
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Before the meeting began, Michael White, the Libertarian state representative candidate for District 75 who challenged incumbent Democrat Ashley Hudson, addressed the commissioners.
White lost to Hudson by approximately 3,741 votes. However, in 2022, Hudson narrowly defeated Republican candidate Heather Beech Turchi with approximately 1,100 votes.
White, after the meeting, posted on his campaign Facebook page a video and the following message:
In preparation for run-off elections, a demonstration of a voting machine was given during the meeting.
The machine had several issues. In the end, the demonstration was halted for approximately 15 minutes while staff located another machine.
Several citizens, including Colonel Conrad Reynolds, attended Tuesday night's meeting to address the commissioners about election integrity. Reynolds is a national advocate for paper ballots.
“Over 60% of the people of Arkansas do not trust the system,” Reynolds said.
After the meeting, Reynolds posted on Facebook:
Watch the entire meeting in the video at the top of this story.
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