I contacted five different journalists. Nothing.
I contacted the city clerk. Nothing.
I contacted all of the School Board members. Nothing.
I have yet to speak with the County Auditor or the person that would be responsible for prosecuting this, Daniel Haggar, Minnehaha States Attorney, but likely he would play a game of back and forth with AG Jackboots and the SOS, then tell you to hire your own attorney. This is how our COUNTY attorney handles election complaints, you are on your own.
This is a public function, and a public attorney needs to prosecute this.
It’s not that difficult to understand (this is the excuse I hear from some journalists).
When the form was initially filled out, it wasn’t complete, so that would make the form fraudulent. The remedy would be to fill out an entire NEW form, sign and date it, but instead the school district employee in charge of elections (a secretary and not a properly trained election official) decided to hand the original form back without amending it and resigning and dating it. Basically strike #2 in reference to fraud and perjury.
It is incredibly frustrating to me that a candidate can blatantly violate campaign rules, then when offered a chance to fix it, continues the coverup with the District employee in tow.
Doesn’t anyone in the media think this important? Do you think it is okay for a candidate to run if they committed perjury on their campaign forms?
Where the HELL is our media? Where the HELL is our local government? Their silence speaks volumes.
You know keeping your mouth shut is no different then lying.
Are they looking for strike #3 covering the whole thing up? So far they have been successful.
The little things in campaigns are important, like filling out your forms correctly, or election officials understanding the rules.
Besides all that, you really don’t need to know campaign rules, it’s a FREAKING LEGAL DOCUMENT! ANY CHANGES TO THAT DOCUMENT MUST BE AMENDED, NOTARIZED, SIGNED AND DATED. DUH! DUH! DUH!
This, IMO, is one of the biggest attempts at a coverup by the school district in recent history. What is this candidate hiding? What is the District employee hiding? They collude on this together? This is why this needs to be investigated and prosecuted by Haggar.
We have an auditor who is Hellbent on fixing election issues (that don’t exist) instead of prosecuting candidates that blatantly commit fraud, TWICE!
I’m not done, this post is the beginning. We will remedy this problem, even if it takes past April 9th, because this time you are NOT going to sweep this under the rug.