Why no recount?
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Below is the 6-28-22 Facebook post of Bridgette Ehly who ran for the Ky House, District 59, against incumbent David Osborne. Osborne is Speaker of the House.
Bridgette is an author, wife, mom, and former TV news journalist who worked in Boston, Dallas and Louisville. On her campaign website you can read more about her background and political goals and view some interesting videos.
FROM BRIDGETTE EHLY
My case to have a hand count of the paper ballots in my race for state representative was dismissed today, and not all of our money will be returned. There is no good reason not to go forward with this simpIe counting of the ballots that we have paid for. I will have a post very soon with more details about how the State Board of Election has tried, at every step to stop this legal and righteous process. This is Big Government standing in the way of election transparency.
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Media Release | 6-28-22 11:31 AM
Candidate Denied Ballot Count. Not all money refunded
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Bridgette Ehly, candidate for State Representative in Oldham County who petitioned for a hand recount of her 6139 votes, paid a Court-ordered $21,700 to cover counting costs. The price included $5000 for snacks and incidentals. Today, the Judge dismissed her case and is now keeping some of the money nonrefundable.
On Louisville's Wave3 News, Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams swore that if candidates "ponied up the money" to cover costs, he would not stand in the way of the counts. Initially, the State Board of Elections claimed to be agnostic as to the costs for counts, then they started pushing for candidates to pay outrageous amounts, including breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks, to have the ballots counted. Now, Adams is sending state attorneys around Kentucky filing motions to dismiss to crush the candidates’ cases. It turns out that "ponying up the money" does not do anything. Worst, it may get taken.
Adams has been making outrageous accusations against Republican primary candidates who want to pay out of their pockets for a hand count of the paper ballots in their respective races. Adams says the candidates "want to watch the world burn" and "take a crowbar to these machines and tear them up." Adams' behavior has many scratching their heads and wondering why all the dramatics? If the digital counting machines are safe and accurate, why fight so hard against verifying the results with a hand count? …
So why are Adams and his Board of Elections fighting so hard to keep these ballots locked away? Adams says the candidates want to "undermine our democracy." In an unhinged, on-camera rant to Wave3, Adams threw out more than a dozen unfounded accusations. These include:
"I'm also trying to protect the election machines from being hacked by these Cyber Ninjas.”
"These are all anti-government people. They're not mainstream Republican candidates."
"These people are conspiracy theorists. These people have attacked vaccines on their social media in the past. Now they're attacking the courts. They're attacking me.”
"If we had hand counts, which we used to have back in the 1930s, we would have mass fraud."
Adams says he will direct allies in the legislature to pass a bill that only allows candidates who lose by one percent or less to qualify for a recount. If the machines are inaccurate, qualifications for a hand count based on machines would be pointless…
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"This is a close call," he said. "I'm going to wrestle with this."
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