Hinds County supervisor continues to claim corruption after election loss

Hinds County District 2 Supervisor David Archie claimed there was a “high-tech election heist with corruption as well as fraud” surrounding the Aug. 8 primary elections.He lost to Anthony Smith, who, according to results from Hinds County election officials, won by 63% of the vote.The supervisor just finished a ballot box examination this week.Archie claims that the chairperson of the Hinds County Democratic Executive Committee, Jacqueline Amos, tampered with the elections. The supervisor provided what he called evidence of her conspiracy correspondence. It was a picture of a text message conversation supposedly sent to Amos that read, “Hey, don’t let them cheat Deborah Dixon out of her election. She won fair and square.”The transcript claims Amos responded, “She won, but I’m going to (expletive) David Archie on site!!!” “We have videotape of Jacque Amos going into boxes, bringing in thumb drives, bringing in ballots to be inserted into machines. We have pictures of Jacque Amos participating in what we think that is fraud as well as corruption,” Archie said.The supervisor did not share his alleged evidence.Amos issued a statement saying, “The Hinds County Democratic Executive Committee conducted the August 8th Democratic Primary in keeping with applicable state law. The Executive Committee has canvassed the returns and certified the results of the August 8th primary. Those results speak for themselves, as does relevant state law for anyone seeking to contest the certification of the votes duly cast on August 8th. We understand that one candidate who lost, namely David Archie, has decided to challenge the results of the August 8, 2023, primary. He has the right to challenge the results. We stand ready for the challenge and will cooperate however necessary.”Archie is asking that the Hinds County Democratic Party take immediate action and that Amos and her secretary should step down from their positions.