Letters to the Editor

Regarding lawsuit claiming Johnston is negligent

I was gobsmacked when I read a newspaper article that reported that a lawsuit has been filed against Lincoln County based on election supervision duties performed by former Auditor Shelley Johnston in the last election(s). The suit apparently alleges “vote flipping, ballot box stuffing, lax signature verification, etc.”

I worked in the courthouse as a prosecutor and judge from 1989 until 2015. I have extensive involvement with Shelley as a fellow dept. head and as an attorney who records documents at the auditor’s office. In my experience, we ar...