Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Flood of record requests hamper Oregon election officials
KPTV.com ^ | September 20, 2022 | Associated Press

Posted on 09/20/2022 7:27:44 AM PDT by Twotone

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — County clerks in Oregon are inundated with public records requests stemming from “the big lie” that the 2020 election was stolen, even while they’re already busy preparing for the November election, the secretary of state said Monday.

Secretary of State Shemia Fagan has been visiting Oregon’s 36 counties to speak with county clerks and other elections officials, and said she’s seen the strain imposed by the avalanche of requests, from populous counties around Portland to Lake County, in southern Oregon near the California border, with only 5,590 registered voters.

“In recent weeks, we’ve seen an influx of public records requests still based on the big lie — the big lie is that the 2020 election was stolen,” Fagan said. “The lie is still impacting the operations of our elections workers, nearly two years later.”

Fagan said in a Zoom news conference that as she’s traveled around the state, she’s noticed fatigue among county clerks and other county elections officials.

“These are seasoned folks who’ve been doing this for decades in Oregon in an extremely nonpartisan way (but) they get so sick of the noise, and it’s just overwhelming,” Fagan said. Several county clerks are retiring in the next year or so, representing over a century of combined elections experience, Fagan said.

How many of those retirements are due to added stress that elections officials are facing was not immediately clear.

The main “myths” that elections officials in Oregon are confronting are that the 2020 election was stolen, that vote-by-mail elections can’t be trusted, that machine tabulators are fraudulent and that ballot boxes are not secure, said Oregon Elections Director Deborah Scroggin.

A recent conference hosted by MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell, a major 2020 election denier, caused a flood of demands for information, Scroggin said.

(Excerpt) Read more at kptv.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: andrewselsky; elections; oregon; recordsrequests; votebymail

1 posted on 09/20/2022 7:27:44 AM PDT by Twotone
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Twotone; VeryFRank; Clinging Bitterly; Rio; aimhigh; Hieronymus; bray; 1malumprohibitum; ...
If you would like more information about what’s happening in Oregon, please FReepmail me. Please send me your name by FReepmail if you want to be on this list.
2 posted on 09/20/2022 7:28:35 AM PDT by Twotone (While one may vote oneself into socialism one has to shoot oneself out of it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Twotone

It’s neat, sort of GREAT, to see public servants begin to be aware of who they are working for.....They need to start opening up the books for the WE THE PEOPLE to see.


3 posted on 09/20/2022 7:32:15 AM PDT by rovenstinez
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Twotone

It’s a myth that vote by mail can’t be trusted?


4 posted on 09/20/2022 7:38:48 AM PDT by glorgau
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Twotone
It's a little piece of ApePee propagandist dogsqueeze named Andrew Selsky.

He does the lying for Associated Pravda - Oregon.

5 posted on 09/20/2022 7:41:11 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Twotone

Poor election workers. Fair and verifiable elections, not just what the counters tell you.


6 posted on 09/20/2022 7:42:59 AM PDT by Mlheureux
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Twotone

Liberals lie. If their guys win, the election is secure. If their guys lose (cf. Al Gore v Jorge Busho), the election was stolen.


7 posted on 09/20/2022 7:43:11 AM PDT by LouAvul (Complacency is the enemy of courage.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Twotone
...Mike Lindell, a major 2020 election denier...

There they go, insulting holocaust survivors.

The original term was holocaust deniers--which brought anguish to those who, through their own eyes and ears saw the holocaust in real life.

These bastards are simply using this term for anyone who disagrees with them.

AP--Truth deniers.

8 posted on 09/20/2022 7:46:58 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Rush, we're missing your take on all of this!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: glorgau
It’s a myth that vote by mail can’t be trusted?

I just come out and call it what it is: Vote by Fraud.

9 posted on 09/20/2022 7:50:46 AM PDT by fwdude (Racism is not dead, but it is on life support - kept alive by politicians….” — Thomas Sowell)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Twotone

They are starting a new ‘rebranding’ calling it “The Big Lie”

Only it’s not a lie


10 posted on 09/20/2022 8:12:30 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Twotone

The records are electronic, aren’t they? How much effort is it to copy them to a thumb drive, CD, or DVD?


11 posted on 09/20/2022 8:54:36 AM PDT by scrabblehack
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Twotone

THE STOLEN ELECTION WILL BE REVEALED-—Sooner or later.


12 posted on 09/20/2022 11:19:25 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: scrabblehack

The records are stored electronically, but the vote count records are comparisons of people to districts and if they voted or not. It is a way to see if dead people, non-residents, or real people actually voted. In WA, they have such a large advantage of Commies to R’s, that they use many who are registered in King Cty, and move them to say Lewis Cty. You see, there is same day registration. So you can live in a city 90 miles away, and register in another. Like moving around money in a bank from one to another to balance books.


13 posted on 09/20/2022 4:19:19 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts (Seriously, what ever happened to Campaign finance limits?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson