Defeated WilCo Sheriff Chody Claims Election Fraud

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TX — Outgoing Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody has filed a lawuit against sheriff-elect Mike Gleason, claiming election fraud, according to a published report.

Chody lost his bid for reelection after a single term in office while under criminal indictment following allegations of having tampered with evidence after an in-custody death. Chody claims in his newly filed lawsuit there was an electronic glitch that caused Leander voters to receive incorrect ballots on Election Day, according to the Austin American-Statesman.

Chody also claims Chody and his wife were standing within Wi-Fi range at a Leander polling place for most of Election Day, as the newspaper reported. Gleason's wife, Alison Gleason, is a director of software solutions firm Williamson County Enterprise Applications Division with access to voting machine software, Chody claims in his suit.

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"This is interesting considering my opponent declared victory hours before voting was concluded," Chody speculated in his filed litigation, as the Statesman reported.

On her LinkedIn page, Gleason describes herself as an "innovated technology leader with over 20 years of experience delivering successful large-scale software solutions." She describes her role at Williamson County Enterprise Applications Division having oversight over "...multiple technical teams each managing large scale enterprise applications through the software life cycle," with expertise in Project Management (PMP), Security Governance, Financial Reporting, Strategic Planning, O365 SharePoint, Content Management, Process Automation, Research Development, Budgeting, Contracts Business Continuity, Program Management and System Integration.

Gleason's attorney, Robert McCabe, told the Statesman the lawsuit is "frivolous and speculative." He added: "I really didn't expect anything else based on the small and disgraced man that Robert Chody is."

This is the first time Chody has been heard from since losing the election to Gleason on Nov. 3, after which the outgoing sheriff deactivated his officials Twitter account and that of his public information officer. Gleason secured 152,494 votes in the election, or 56.06 percent of the vote, compared to Chody's 119,540 ballots (43.94 percent).

Before his victory, Gleason spent 24 years at the sheriff's office prior to his 2017 retirement. He is scheduled to be sworn in at 11 a.m. on Friday outside the Williamson County courthouse, 710 S. Main St. in Georgetown, in a ceremony that also will be streamed on the county's Facebook page.

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