The Argus Leader has picked up the story about Secretary of State Shantel Krebs’ Vote605 App diverting people to her Congressional Campaign website, and in responding, Krebs’s response in the matter seems to come of as confusing as her earlier response to the issue:
Pat Powers, author of the conservative website Dakota War College and a supporter of Krebs’ opponent Dusty Johnson, first reported the connection late Thursday.
In the hours since, Krebs, a Republican candidate for U.S. House, removed the link from the Vote 605 app.
“It’s an oversight and it’s been resolved,” Krebs told Argus Leader Media on Friday afternoon. “We heard about it last night and fixed it right away.”
Krebs considered the situation a “pretty small issue” that arose from carrying over the app created by former Secretary of State Jason Gant. Attorney General Marty Jackley said the newly-formed Government Accountability Board could investigate the situation if it received complaints and deemed it worth probing.
Not trying to dig in on the issue, but a few points that seem to be muddled by either the writing style, or the response itself was incorrect.
#1 – It was not fixed right away. It was fixed at about 8 – 8:30 am this morning, as readers were checking it up until then.
#2 – The carrying over of the app had absolutely NOTHING to do with the error. I’m not sure how anyone could make that statement and assume that anyone would believe it.
The error was caused when the incoming Secretary of State directed the app developer to point the app at her campaign facebook page which had been re-branded as a non-campaign page.
The story did correctly note that it “was the unintended consequence of changing her secretary of state page to her congressional campaign page earlier this year.”
Just to clarify.
The SOS/campaign response gets dumber and dumberer.
I see the Associated Press has picked up the story. The Washington Times is now running the AP story at:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/7/krebs-voter-app-link-to-house-campaign-page-an-ove/
More of the same in trying to blame the last SOS administration. Not sure who is giving Krebs PR tips, but the first step to getting out of a hole, is to quit digging.
At the very least, find one story and stick to it! Specifically, one that doesn’t shade the truth and cast dispersion on everyone else.
Krebs must be way a head in the polls or something.
I don’t know who Shantels getting advice from but things are pretty serious and I don’t think she’s taking them that way. She has played it off like it’s no big deal but when the Secretary of State breaks election law it’s a big deal and that’s the reason the Washington Post has picked it up she might want to consider resigning at this point.
“Pat Powers, author of the conservative website Dakota War College and a supporter of Krebs’ opponent Dusty Johnson…”
Just to clarify, fake news ?
Dusty has been a wonderful mentor for my kids in the TAR program. and I absolutely sent him a check in support of his campaign.
But I bet, IF Krebs comes out on top in the primary, you would mark your ballot for her in November. Correct PP?
Yes
If Jackley doesn’t take action on this he’s complicit.
I don’t see any other option than resignation for Krebs this is pretty bad.
I knew it was gants fault. I just knew it.
Resignation? I think someone above is correct – Dusty must be behind in the polls. The way they are pushing this you would have thought she stole a flag from the office… or misappropriated federal grants.
Politics is a funny business. This is a gross over reaction just as it is when people over react to Dusty’s quick resignation of his PUC seat.
Both are good candidates – only one can win – so the campaigns are going to elevate the slightest of issues to grab an edge. And they’ll get their supporters to over react and attempt to destroy their opponent. Same old politics and I’m tired of it.
Keep it on topic please.
Despite Pat’s contribution to Dusty’s campaign, I don’t see his posts as biased.
I also don’t see any missteps in a campaign, at this point, as fatal.
It’s a long time before any votes are cast.
My 2 cents.
Please.
As we know from past history, AG Jackley won’t do anything. He’s like the defense attorney for this entire administration. Someone should remind him that he’s the chief law enforcement officer, not the Gov’s personnel attorney. That said, I don’t think this issue is all that serious as to suggest resignation. It was probably just an honest, and dumb, mistake. She gained little or know advantage from it. It took months for people to even notice.