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In a previous article we gave you information concerning a Pulaski County employee changing a precinct during early voting in the 2024 election.
Richard Owens
This ballot swap affected local, state and federal elections in Arkansas.
Going deeper into what happened during early voting we requested the employee's personnel file under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.
At 6:48 p.m., Monday, Nov. 18, the Reckoning received 21 files from Pulaski County.
Because of an exemption in the Arkansas Freedom of Information law, Pulaski County officials chose to redact most of the information requested citing the following:
No documents released showed information about the “internal investigation” that “was promptly initiated,” according to the letter the Reckoning acquired last week under FOIA by Pulaski County Circuit / Clerk Terri Hollingsworth.
The Reckoning did glean some information from the files received.
The employee, a central receiving clerk, resigned on Oct. 24, 2024, at 2:16 p.m. in a handwritten resignation letter. It was a voluntary resignation.
According to the Pulaski County Clerk's website, the Central Receiving Department “files all NEW court cases for civil, domestic, and probate. It also issues writs and file protection orders."
According to a document in the personnel record of the employee, dated Jan. 14, 2019, it states the employee had a “lapse in judgement.” The employee was suspended without pay effective immediately for filing “a batch of unlawful detainers that were notarized for Mr. Imran Bohra by Linda Quinn.”
The document further states “the dates of execution and notarization on those unlawful detainers, as ultimately presented for filing, were during Linda Quinn’s current extended absence.
“On Dec. 21, 2018, Jason Kennedy and Brandon Wood interviewed you about your involvement in the notarization of unlawful detainers for the following five cases that had been filed.”
Going deeper
The Reckoning emailed the Pulaski County Election commissioners several questions Monday.
As of 4 p.m. Tuesday, none had responded.
The Commission is tasked with certifying elections for Pulaski County in a meeting Tuesday night (Nov. 19).
The Reckoning emailed a question to Secretary of State John Thurston's office and cc'd Chris Madison.
Thurston is the chairman of the State Board of Election Commissioners (SBEC). Madison is the director.
Madison did not respond to the email.
In a press release from October Attorney General Tim Griffin stated:
The Reckoning emailed Attorney General Tim Griffin’s office.
Jeff LeMaster, communications director for the Attorney General, responded:
There are several unanswered questions in the Pulaski County 2024 election.
Late Tuesday afternoon, Michael White, who ran as a libertarian in House District 75 in Pulaski County, sent out a press release stating he plans to file a formal complaint alleging election law violations in Pulaski County.
As more information becomes available in this ongoing investigation, we will report it.
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