Liberty Maven

The neo-conservative principles found in much of today’s establishment Republican Party are purely Machiavellian. They will lie, cheat, and steal to maintain power or stomp on anyone in their path. This has me concerned about the Rand Paul vs. Trey Grayson Kentucky GOP primary. The war of words are beginning to fly between the candidates. A potential larger problem is brewing though that has little to do with the campaign. It has to to with the election itself.

No, I’m not talking about the voting machines. What I’m talking about is this:

This is what we find at the top of Kentucky’s State Board Of Elections web site. Rand Paul’s opponent in the primary is the Chairman of the Board of Elections. I’m not familiar with Kentucky law, but I can only assume that this position is automatically filled by the Secretary of State.

Trey Grayson is Kentucky’s Secretary of State.

By pointing this out I’m not suggesting that Grayson will commit some kind of voter fraud and “adjust” the election result numbers to his own benefit. In fact, I doubt he could get away with it. What I am suggesting is that if Grayson ends up winning by a small margin things could get quite ugly. Accusations from the more “vocal” Ron Paul / Rand Paul supporters would likely follow, perhaps even a lawsuit or two.

In the era of ACORN, hanging chads, and Senator Stuart Smalley, isn’t it a good idea for Grayson to take some kind of pre-emptive action (don’t neo-cons love doing that?) to clarify his duties regarding the election?

I’m not saying he should resign or anything drastic. Publishing an open letter in a Kentucky newspaper notifying voters of the election night counting procedure is a good start. The open letter should also include a sworn and signed statement that Grayson will not interfere with the election results in any way.

Rand Paul, to his credit, has not even remotely suggested that there will be any impropriety by Grayson regarding the election results. The big government, “end justifies the means”, establishment Republicans are behind Grayson. This fact alone is enough to stir up the “vote fraud” pot.

Throw in that Grayson is the Chairman of the Kentucky Election Board and you have all the “proof” you need for many to question the validity of the election results.

This could be exacerbated if Grayson beats Paul by a small margin, a rather likely scenario with Rand Paul raising so much money and gaining support with each handshake.

What do you think Grayson should do about this conflict of interest, if anything?