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.
"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."
"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. "
"“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."
