Were there any "voting irregularities" in the election for Gasconade County Presiding Commissioner?

Published by Dick Schaefer, Award-winning, Unpaid, Part-time Contributing Writer and Amateur Investigative Reporter

Date:  8/12/2010

The citizens of Gasconade County now await the final official count on the race for Presiding Commissioner.  Comes now word late this afternoon from Circuit Clerk Joyce Gabathuler that Presiding Commissioner Ron Jost has requested a change of judge in the legal matter of the recount hearing.  We understand that the Miskel people are confident they will prevail no matter what judge hears their case.  We understand the Jost people are nervous.

Rumors have filtered out into the community.  Speculation abounds!  The people of Gasconade County want to know:

1. Were some votes uncounted?
2. Were the absentee ballots counted correctly?
3. Were absentee ballots offered to the county's military personel serving in far-away deployments?
4. Were the ballot scanning machines properly calibrated?
5. Who is really their Presiding Commissioner Elect?