OPINION: Attorney General Labrador has no business meddling in election security
House Bill 470 would create an “Office of Election Crimes and Security” in Raul Labrador’s office. That would certainly be a waste of taxpayer dollars. The office staff would have little to do because Idaho elections have historically been fair and honest. The Attorney General’s sidekick, Dorothy Moon, who now chairs the extremist branch of the GOP, was never able to prove her wild claims that Canadians were coming over the border to vote in Idaho elections. The fraud claims of their friend, the My Pillow guy, were proven false. Where is the need for this new office?
Our elections are conducted under the watchful eyes of Idaho’s Secretary of State and our 44 elected County Clerks. They are completely capable of discovering and blowing the whistle on suspected election irregularities. If there were really an actual need for HB 470, the office should be placed in the experienced hands of Secretary of State Phil McGrane, who is Idaho’s recognized expert on elections.
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