Johnson County election officials could legally destroy election documents sought by former Sheriff Calvin Hayden as part of his failed voter fraud investigation without a subpoena or a search warrant, a new attorney general's opinion says.
The opinion, sought by Republican Sen. Mike Thompson, establishes a new general framework when ballots can be destroyed without going into the details of the Johnson County dispute over whether old ballots could be destroyed.
The opinion was issued Dec. 16, nearly two years after it was first . . .
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