At VP Rally, Dems Push False Election Administration Claim
Jonathan Jackson, a near-lock to replace retiring Congressman Bobby Rush (D-Chicago) in Congress in January told a crowd Saturday the next Secretary of State needs to “count all the votes,” even though the Secretary of State has no role in election administration.
While introducing Democratic Secretary of State candidate Alexi Giannoulias yesterday, 1st Congressional District nominee Jonathan Jackson, son of Rev. Jesse Jackson said the following:
“As important as it is that you vote for Jonathan Jackson for Congress, let me tell you something. It’s even more important that we vote for a Secretary of State that will count every ballot and make sure that every vote matters.”
Umm…except, the Secretary of State doesn’t count any votes. As you know, (unlike the soon-to-be Congressman), all votes are counted at the local level (a county clerk, in most cases, or a Board of Elections in places like Chicago, Bloomington, and Danville) and certified by the State Board of Elections. The SoS has no roll in the process.
Rep. Lisa Hernandez (D-Cicero), the chair of the Democratic Party of Illinois, Treasurer Mike Frerichs, and Attorney General Kwame Raoul, who were all on stage, applauded as Jackson made his inaccurate comments.
Giannoulias didn’t correct the comments, either. It isn’t the first time they’ve falsely made election administration a part of the race.
Either they were all in on spreading a lie about “election integrity” or they don’t know how elections actually work.
