By Jon Lender Republican legislative leaders on Monday protested the recent seizure by the newly created Office of Governmental Accountability of a computer from the state’s elections enforcement agency, saying it confirmed their fears that OGA would interfere with and intimidate key watchdog agencies. “We are requesting the General Assembly’s Government Administration and Elections Committee […]

The head of the state’s new government accountability office in recent days ordered the seizure of a computer from the state’s elections enforcement agency — a move that a top election enforcement official calls a “major security breach” because the computer might “contain sensitive and confidential investigatory data.” The episode reawakens a controversy over Gov. […]