WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas – Williamson County Sheriff-elect Mike Gleason is set to be sworn in on January 1, 2021, but Robert Chody, the current sheriff, isn’t going quietly.

What You Need To Know

  • Sheriff Robert Chody has filed lawsuit contesting election outcome

  • Lawsuit claims there were election irregularities, mistakes, and/or fraud

  • Sheriff-elect Mike Gleason won with 56% of vote, to be sworn in on January 1

  • Chody seeking up to $100,000, new election 

Spectrum News 1 obtained a copy of a lawsuit Chody filed against Gleason contesting the outcome of the November election.

The lawsuit states, “Contestant will show that because of so many material mistakes, illegalities, and/or fraud which occurred in the administering of the election results for Early Voting and Election Day Voting for the Williamson County Sheriff Election on November 3, 2020, that the true outcome of the election cannot be ascertained.”

Among other issues, the lawsuit claims that on Election Day ballot boxes that contained “duplicate ballots” were processed, barcodes were improperly printed on ballots, a poll watcher witnessed a situation that could have provided voters with the wrong ballot, and that Gleason and his wife were electioneering at the Leander Library polling location.

Gleanson won with 56% of the vote.

The lawsuit states Chody is seeking $100,000 or less and that the court declare the “true outcome of the contested election, or in the alternative Declaration that the contested election results cannot be ascertained and thus declare the Williamson County Sheriff election void and order Williamson County Elections Department to conduct and administer a new election according to Texas election laws.”

Gleason spent 24 years working for the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office and was Assistant Chief Deputy Sheriff before he retired. 

Chody has been plagued with a great deal of controversy in the last few months. In September, he was indicted and arrested on charges of tampering/fabricating physical evidence with intent to impair, court records show.

The charges stem from an investigation into the death of Javier Ambler in March 2019.

Since losing the election, Chody, who was prolific on Twitter throughout his tenure as sheriff, has deleted his social media accounts and has been uncharacteristically quiet.

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