The saga in Clackamas County continues
with clerk Sherry Hall on the hot seat.
It now appears she was less than
forthcoming with the public.
When asked about something that
happened last Thursday that morning,
an election observer from the
Schrader campaign was allowed into the
elections building shortly after 7:35,
but the building did not open
to the public until 8:30.
Schrader's opponent filed a complaint
with the Secretary of State,
which is now investigating.
Here's the problem when asked about that
Hall said she had no idea what happened.
The morning,
but security footage seems to show otherwise.
First, let's hear from Sherry
Hall last Friday when she was
asked about that incident.
And again, I don't know
how someone got in at 7.
On the day that's being talked about,
we don't know yet we're submitting.
We're going to be submitting the
requested information and I'm sure
it'll be investigated. Huh, well,
let's take a look at the video.
This is security video from
Clackamas County elections.
You can see on the top row,
third from the right,
and elections worker arrives
around 734 in the morning.
She talks briefly with a man
who's outside and apparently
tells him he cannot come in.
But then inside the building
less than two minutes later,
another camera shows Sherry Hall and
that woman walk across the hallway
and through double doors and then
18 seconds later the woman opens
the door and allows the man inside.
Hard to believe.
Paul and the woman didn't talk
about that Secretary of State.
Shemia Fagan saw the video
just before the meeting,
virtually with reporters.
Here is her reaction
aside, just literally.
As I was preparing for this press conference,
and so I'm somewhat reacting in real time,
but. It's outrageous it's absolutely
outrageous to stand in front of
the public and to say one thing
and then to have a video showing
something very different.
So I'm incredibly frustrated.
And yeah, incredibly disappointed,
and I find it outrageous that the
facts came out and it looks to be
contradictory of what she said
to the public during the press
availability just late last week.
So there's that I asked the county
press people if the clerk would like
to respond and explain, and they said,
well, since his Secretary of State
is investigating the incident
now they really have no comment.
Also, the clerk, Sherry Hall,
was supposed to give the Secretary
of State a written estimate of how
long counting the ballots will take.
Yesterday, as of now,
still has apparently not been given,
and in case you haven't been following along,
there is a big problem in Clackamas
County with counting the ballots.
The ballot counting machines
are kicking out about 64.
Percent because the machines cannot
read the barcodes on those ballots.
Now Hall's team tested the
machines before the election,
not with the actual ballots
from the outside printer,
but with the ballots they created in
house and everything worked fine.
So they missed the problem.
Now about 70,000 ballots are going
to have to be copied by hand and
sent back through the machines.
Well,
last night we asked you what you thought
should the clerk Sherry Hall resign.
Your answer was a resounding yes.
Learning tonight that Miss
Hall has had some other issues.
She has to go my opinion.
She should resign if she
has any shame at all.
And if she won't resign,
she should be fired.
Now, many of you emailed into
share your comments as well.
Sherry wrote no doubt.
I've worked at Clackamas County
for her entire tenure as clerk.
Yes, she should resign and Trisha added.
Miss Hall should resign for
her history of blunders and the
current fiasco Jay wrote in to
add Sherry should not resign.
She's only done what all politicians do.
Politician equals incompetence,
and we'll give Donna the last word here.
I've lived in Clackamas County for 12 years.
I've been a voter here all that time
and I've never been embarrassed
before to be a voter and now
suddenly I find myself embarrassed
to admit I'm from Clackamas County.
I think it is definitely
time for Sherry Hall to go.
Alright, keep those comments coming.
No matter what side you're on.
And if you think Sherry Hall is
being judged unfairly or too harshly,
feel free to let me know that as well.
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