Group's claims of irregularities in Kentucky governor election quickly debunked

FRANKFORT -- A small group of self-described “moms” held a news conference in the Kentucky Capitol Wednesday afternoon to make claims of irregularities in last week’s gubernatorial election, all of which were almost immediately proven inaccurate or irrelevant.

The group, which called itself the Citizens for Election Integrity, demanded that the State Board of Elections release voter logs and data pertaining to the election even though its claims were shown to be unfounded.

Speculation about fraud in the election has been stoked by Gov. Matt Bevin, who claimed there were several “irregularities” in his narrow loss to Gov.-elect Andy Beshear but provided no evidence to back up his claims. One of his claims, that thousands of absentee ballots were illegally counted, was not included among the issues the Citizens for Election Integrity had with the election.

On Wednesday, Bevin lent the group credibility on Twitter. “For those interested in the integrity of the election process in Kentucky and in America (which should be ALL of us), this looks like an event worth attending...” he wrote. “I will plan to be in attendance at 2:00pm today in Frankfort as my schedule allows...”

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