Jefferson County among those in Kentucky to receive post-election audit
Kentucky's attorney general's office will audit election results in Jefferson County following issues with e-voting rolls.
Twelve counties are randomly selected after each election in accordance with state law.
The drawing was conducted at Kentucky's Capitol using a tried and true method, a barrel filled with 120 slips of paper, each one with the name of a Kentucky county on it.
In addition to Jefferson, the others picked include Barren, Boyle, Calloway, Campbell, Davis, Edmonson, Jessamine, Lincoln, Metcalfe, Trigg, and Warren.
"Today, we're continuing that process of ensuring, our commitment that we fulfill our commitment to election integrity here in the Commonwealth," said Attorney General Russell Coleman
Coleman says his office will review voting records and interview voters and election officials.
"Then our prosecutors will present those findings as report for our investigators to grand juries in each of the respective counties," he said.
Coleman says his office received 700 calls to its election fraud hotline, with 350 of those calls on the day of the election.
He would not comment on specific open investigations.
But he said 150 calls came from Jefferson County, which experienced problems early in the day downloading updates to its e-voting rolls on iPads, which led to long lines and frustrated voters.
"This is an opportunity to show Kentuckians that if something's broken and something was broken in. And Jefferson County, we know that, we know Ms. Holsclaw made comments to that effect. We'll continue to flush that out," Coleman said.
Jefferson County Clerk Bobbie Holsclaw's office issued a statement in response to the audit.
It reads, in part, "We understand the importance of maintaining public trust, and we are eager to work collaboratively with the Attorney General's office to address any issues identified."