By JONATHAN ZWEYGARDT
Hays Post

Logan County Commissioner Clinton Kvasnicka must resign his seat on the commission after pleading guilty Thursday to disorderly election conduct in Ellis County District Court.

Kvasnicka represents western Logan County and won his seat on the commission in 2012 as a write-in candidate after he was defeated in the primary election.

In January 2012, the Kansas Attorney General’s office filed a complaint against Kvasnicka alleging he offered the use of his stock trailer to a Logan County resident in exchange for that person’s vote.

Following a mistrial for a hung jury in March, Kvasnicka’s attorney and the state’s attorney reached an agreement that would allow Kvasnicka to plead to a misdemeanor.

Under the agreement, Kvasnicka was sentenced to six months in prison, which was suspended in lieu of 12 months of unsupervised probation. He is required to pay a $1,000 fine and must resign his position on the Logan County Commission. He also will be disqualified from holding public office for the duration of his probation and possibly in the future.

The court proceedings were held in Ellis County because of a scheduling conflict in Logan County and the proceedings were live-streamed in Logan County.