John Windsor Addresses Vote Buying Scandal in Benton County

The Windsor campaign issued this in a press release:

Windsor: Voter Fraud Must End; Honest, Well-Trained Poll Workers are the Key

Jackson – Secretary of State Candidate John Windsor held a press in the State Capitol Building on Wednesday afternoon to address recently uncovered allegations of voter fraud in Benton, County Mississippi.

A Memphis based television station broadcast a report on Monday that showed an undercover informant selling his vote on camera in Benton County. The Mississippi Attorney General's Office is reportedly investigating the alleged fraud.

"Voter fraud, in all its forms, must become a thing of the past," John Windsor said. "As the candidate with more than a decade of experience running local elections, I have said all along that clean elections begin and end with honest, well-trained poll workers. To ensure clean elections, our first priority must be working with local election officials to recruit honest people to serve as poll workers and provide those poll workers top-notch training. They are our first line of defense against voter fraud."

In both a recent voter intimidation case in Noxubee County, as well as the newly uncovered vote-buying scheme in Benton County, people involved as poll workers or election managers were implicated in the frauds.

Windsor , a former public school teacher, helped run local elections for more than ten years at home in Alcorn County. He most recently worked as an assistant attorney general under Jim Hood.

Current Secretary of State Eric Clark is not seeking election this year. Primary elections are on August 7. Windsor faces two other candidates in the Democratic Primary. Four candidates are seeking the Republican nomination for Secretary of State.

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The link to the Memphis TV Story is below:

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