Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden previously launched an investigation into alleged voter fraud in the county.
A Kansas sheriff who has embraced election conspiracy theories, is dividing Republicans amid an upcoming primary election.On Monday, The Associated Press reported that Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden has faced criticism from some in recent months over an investigation he launched into what he has called scores of tips about potential election irregularities, with no criminal charges filed so far.
They found 'some mistakes' but 'they did not find any fraud.'When asked in a candidate forum whether he trusted the 2020 election results, he noted the official tally from his uncontested race was more than 260,000 votes but added: 'I don't know that that's accurate,' the AP reported.Hayden launched the voter fraud investigation in 2022 but last month he announced its suspension due to the county's destruction of certain ballots from 2019, 2020 and 2021.
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