Local county clerks talk about election fraud complaints

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Some voters are worried about election fraud throughout the nation.

The Kentucky Attorney General’s Office has received 388 total election complaints and questions in the Commonwealth for the 2020 General Election.

Some of those complaints were made here in South Central Kentucky.

Warren County had three questions submitted along with two fraud complaints and one electioneering complaint.

Metcalfe County had one fraud complaint.

Butler County had one question and one complaint of a convicted felon voting.

Butler County Clerk Sherry Johnson has been in contact with the secretary of states office, the state board of elections, the attorney general’s office and a Commonwealth’s Attorney in regard to the convicted felon complaint.

Johnson says it is against the law to lie on your voter registration card.

“On the voter card it clearly states, on the warning thing, there is a warning that if you sign this statement and any of these things are not true, one of them being if you are a convicted felon, it carries a $500 fine and up to 12 months in jail,” said Johnson.

Allen County Clerk Elaine Williams says the law requires voter sites to have at least two people from each party working the polls to make sure things are done fairly, that includes approving signatures on absentee ballots.

“We have both representation from both parties to be sure that they are agreeable that that is either a good signature or its not an acceptable signature,” said Williams.

Both clerks have faith in Kentucky’s election system.

“Kentucky has a very good system and our Secretary of State and our governor have really worked together, even though one is a Democrat and one is a Republican. They put parties aside and worked on this election for us to have a good, fair election and it went well over the whole state as far as I know,” said Johnson.

“I think here in Kentucky we are one of the best states that have all the checks and balances in place to ensure no voter fraud,” said Williams.

WNKY could not speak to the Warren County Clerk’s office because that office is closed due to COVID.

If you would like to check out the complaints yourself, go to this story on our website at WNKY.com.