Thursday, March 04, 2010
Former Clay County Official Testifies On Vote Buying
KENTUCKY...
A former Clay County clerk says he and two allies pooled $100,000 to buy votes in 2002. Jennings B. White testified Tuesday in Frankfort, where eight Clay County residents are on trial, charged with conspiring to buy and steal votes between 2002 and 2007 to keep them in office or help them attain it. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported White told the jury he, then-state Rep. Barbara White Colter and Edd Jordan, who was the county sheriff in 2002, put money into a pot to buy votes as a group.There has been previous testimony that a slate of candidates opposing White's group had pooled at least $150,000 to buy votes. Those charged have maintained they are innocent and their lawyers have said many witnesses against them are convicted felons trying to get shorter sentences by testifying.
A former Clay County clerk says he and two allies pooled $100,000 to buy votes in 2002. Jennings B. White testified Tuesday in Frankfort, where eight Clay County residents are on trial, charged with conspiring to buy and steal votes between 2002 and 2007 to keep them in office or help them attain it. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported White told the jury he, then-state Rep. Barbara White Colter and Edd Jordan, who was the county sheriff in 2002, put money into a pot to buy votes as a group.There has been previous testimony that a slate of candidates opposing White's group had pooled at least $150,000 to buy votes. Those charged have maintained they are innocent and their lawyers have said many witnesses against them are convicted felons trying to get shorter sentences by testifying.
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