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Bob Bartelsmeyer |
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Far-right Republican
MAGA extremist hired
by Cochise County
Recorder
David Stevens in
2023 as Cochise
County Elections
Director.
Bartelsmeyer
resigned just 5
months later and
returned to La Paz
County. Bartelsmeyer had
previously been
Elections Director
in La Paz County,
election supervisor
for the Dona Ana
County, New Mexico
Clerk’s Office and
County Clerk in
Lawrence County,
Missouri. |
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Arizona
County Elections Leader Who Promoted
Voter Fraud Conspiracies Resigns |
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"The elections
director of a rural Arizona county who
pushed false claims that voter fraud was
behind President Donald Trump's 2020
election loss is resigning five months after
being hired. Bob Bartelsmeyer
submitted his resignation last Friday and
announced he would return to his previous
job as elections director in La Paz County,
more than 300 miles (483 kilometers) west
near the California state line" [ . . . ] "Bartelsmeyer
publicly shared memes on his personal
Facebook page supporting Trump's allegations
of fraud and promoting the lie that Dominion
voting machines manipulated the outcome." |
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Sep. 19, 2023 |
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Cochise
County Hires Elections Director Who Has
Spread Election Misinformation |
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"On
Bartelsmeyer’s job application, when
asked if Cochise County could contact his
most recent employers in La Paz County; Dońa
Ana County, New Mexico; and Palm Beach
County, Florida, Bartelsmeyer said no.
English and multiple residents pointed this
out at the meeting. “Did it not send up any
red flags that this person did not want you
to contact any former employers?” English
said. " |
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Apr. 27, 2023 |
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Cochise County Ready To Hire Elections
Director Who Spread False Claims Of 2020
Election Rigging |
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"“Please join me by
posting ‘Trump legally won by landslide’”
one post shared by Bartelsmeyer in
December 2020 said. “REVEALED: ‘Simple Math’
Shows Biden Claims 13 MILLION More Votes
Than There Were Eligible Voters Who Voted in
2020,” read another." |
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Apr. 25, 2023 |
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