by William Upton, The National Pulse:
A Louisiana judge has declared the results of a local run-off election in the state to be “void” due to evidence of voter fraud. The November 18th race for Caddo Parish Sheriff was decided by a one vote margin – with Democrat Henry Whitehorn apparently ‘defeating’ Republican John Nickelson.
Ten days afterwards, however, Nickelson announced he would challenge the results when the parish’s Board of Election Supervisors denied his request for a hand recount.
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“Many, dozens at a minimum, in the small sample of ballots we were able to inspect in the short time we had of these certificates had no signatures at all,” Nickelson said at the time. “In other words, ballots had been submitted without a voter signing it.”
The Board of Election Supervisors claimed time constraints prevented any additional scrutiny of the election ballots cast.
Four sitting judges on the state’s Supreme Court were then forced to recuse themselves due to pre-existing relationships with Nickelson, with retired Supreme Court Justice Joseph Bleich being asked to preside over the proceedings instead. Attorneys for Nickelson were able to prove conclusively several ballots were cast illegally by residents who were ineligible to vote or had voted twice by mailing an absentee ballot and casting a ballot on election day.
“This court finds that at least eleven votes should not have been counted in this one-vote-margin election. Because of the constitutional guarantee of secrecy of these ballots, it is impossible to determine the result of this election,” Bleich wrote in his ruling. “For the foregoing reasons, a new runoff election must be ordered.” The earliest a new runoff election can be held is March 23rd.
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