Amy Rolfes is LYING.

After hiding from the media for over a week, embattled incumbent Republican Clerk Amy Rolfes finally answered questions about her “illegal actions” in refusing to place four candidates on the November ballot.

To put it plainly, Amy Rolfes lied.

In an interview with WSBT, Rolfes claimed the “decisions on candidacy” were “made by the Election Board, and not the clerk.”

This is not true. According to WSBT’s previous reporting, “the Clerk’s Office accepted and file-stamped those replacement filings on August 28th, but the names were missing when Democrats later reviewed the ballot.”

This was before the September 3, 2026 County Election Board (CEB) meeting.

This sequence of events was confirmed by Rolfes’ own Election Clerk Kim Riskovitch when she was asked at the September 3 CEB meeting who told her not to place the four candidates on the ballot. She indicated she met with Amy Rolfes, CEB chairman John Jurgonski, and CEB attorney Michael Smyth via phone call and was instructed “to enter the paperwork as I always do” but “not to have it reflect yet for the ballots…”

This is why the Judge ruled decisively that Amy Rolfes acted “unilaterally, and illegally” in removing Democratic candidates from the ballot.

Which leads to Rolfes’ second lie: When WSBT asked about the pending Open Door lawsuit, Rolfes claimed “no candidate decision was made outside a public meeting,” despite her clerk, Riskovitch stating the exact opposite.

This was also addressed in the Judge’s ruling:

“The Board Chair and Clerk secretly decided not to list” the candidates and “personally directed” a member of the Clerk’s staff to not list them on the ballot.

The evidence against Amy Rolfes throughout St. Joseph Superior Judge Jenny Pitts-Manier 34-page ruling is damning.

Amy Rolfes had two choices: Accept that her office “unilaterally, and illegally” removed four candidates from the ballot in violation of Indiana law.

Or lie about it.

She chose to lie.

Following Amy Rolfes’ legal woes, the St. Joseph County Republican party has decided to launch an illegal, racist deep-fake video campaign against three Democratic candidates: Autumn Kaylor, Stephanie Ball, and Vic Cummings.

House Bill 1133, authored by Rep. Julie Olthoff (R-Crown Point) and signed into law by Gov. Eric Holcomb in 2024, states that any political communication using generative AI that “conveys a materially inaccurate depiction of the individual’s speech, appearance, or conduct” must feature a clear disclaimer alerting voters that the media is altered or fabricated.

This GOP deep-fake slop is absolutely a “materially inaccurate depiction” and has no such disclaimer.

Additionally, the deep-fake only targets three candidates of color suggesting they lack the experience to do the jobs they are seeking.

To be clear: Autumn Kaylor, Stephanie Ball, and Vic Cummings are extraordinarily qualified and dynamic leaders.

And they’ve never been in the rain yelling at each other.

While we trust voters to see through this deep-fake nonsense, today would be the day for Amy Rolfes, Mike Castellon and Abby Doyle to denounce this unlawful, racist ad.

Under the Indiana law enacted by the GOP, if an altered deep-fake video is published without the required disclaimer, the targeted rival politician has the right to file a civil lawsuit against the creators, sponsors, or financiers of the ad.

We know corrupt Amy Rolfes won’t denounce it, as she’s already proven she thinks she’s above the law.

And Florida resident Mike Castellon is best buddies with Indiana’s most racist politician Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith, so he’s probably cool with it.

That leaves Abby Doyle. Are you good with deep-fake, racist videos?

Our suggestion: Lawyer up.