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Georgia mayor, 2 others jailed on felony charges for trying to halt local election
Associated Press via NY Post ^ | 5/31/25

Posted on 06/01/2025 9:59:16 AM PDT by Libloather

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The trick is not getting caught.
1 posted on 06/01/2025 9:59:16 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Election fraud is rare and never enough to affect the outcome of an election.


2 posted on 06/01/2025 10:03:12 AM PDT by CFW
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To: Libloather

Well, it’s the AP and there’s no mention of party affiliation, so we know what that means.


3 posted on 06/01/2025 10:03:32 AM PDT by daler
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Camilla Mayor Kelvin Owens was being held at the Mitchell County jail Friday, two days after a grand jury indicted him on a felony charge of election interference.
4 posted on 06/01/2025 10:03:45 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Libloather

Place names can be tricky.
And sometimes, one hears of deep political corruption and one might assume it takes place in a Third World backwater, perhaps out in the Caucasus or in Africa.

But, no, it’s disgusting political corruption in the good ol’ USA. With the usual suspects. To be expected under the circumstances.


5 posted on 06/01/2025 10:07:08 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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According to Ballotpedia, Kevin Owens ran as a Republican candidate for District 35 of the South Carolina House of Representatives in 2012.

However, the context does not provide information about Mayor Kelvin Owens's political party affiliation in his current role as the Mayor of Camilla, Georgia.

He is also a retired United States Marine with nearly 22 years of active duty service.

He served as a Department of Defense Contractor in Afghanistan and has experience in the security and investigations sector. Owens is also a veteran of the Iraq War.

6 posted on 06/01/2025 10:13:27 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Libloather

And party affiliation of implicated parties is......

Not likely Republican or that would have been bolded in the headline.


7 posted on 06/01/2025 10:13:29 AM PDT by metmom ( He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.”)
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I know that comment is dripping with sarcasm. 🕺


8 posted on 06/01/2025 10:15:16 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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Not one I would expect to be a democrat, but I guess neither would it surprise me that democrats would go after him when they do the same thing.

Only the right is held to the law.


9 posted on 06/01/2025 10:15:41 AM PDT by metmom ( He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.”)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Local tribal skirmish leading to outside world felony charges.


10 posted on 06/01/2025 10:16:50 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Libloather

It’s them again....


11 posted on 06/01/2025 10:18:38 AM PDT by slouper (LWRC SPR 5.5 6)
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To: metmom

It’s interesting though that I can find no information as to which political party he ran for Mayor as. Perhaps he went non-party affiliation for that race.


12 posted on 06/01/2025 10:34:53 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong; Red Badger; SunkenCiv; Liz

No longer.
Yes, used to be, one could “assume” that a veteran or long-term military would be a patriotic, loyal American. No longer.
The democrat began actively recruiting racists and fellow-travelers before the 2004 election, then ramped it up tremendously after the 2010 elections when Obama lost House and Senate and local races to conservatives.


13 posted on 06/01/2025 10:35:17 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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To: Libloather

Yet another corrupt African American Democrat mayor.
Lets not forget mayor “Kobe” (also in Georgia) who actually broke into someone’s house to commit a burglary, only to be arrested by the police.


14 posted on 06/01/2025 10:36:13 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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Camilla, GA is 73.6% Black, with minority races being 13.7% White, 6.9% Hispanic, and the rest being mixed race or other.


15 posted on 06/01/2025 10:59:41 AM PDT by Carl Vehse (Make Austin Texas Again!)
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“I know that comment is dripping with sarcasm. “


More like a flood......


16 posted on 06/01/2025 11:07:42 AM PDT by CFW
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It’s interesting though that I can find no information as to which political party he ran for Mayor as. It’s interesting though that I can find no information as to which political party he ran for Mayor as.

I haven't dug into this one, but frequently municipal elections are technially non-partisan

17 posted on 06/01/2025 11:28:48 AM PDT by PAR35
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The DA for the circuit appears to be a Republican, which surprises me. Area used to be solidly democrat.


18 posted on 06/01/2025 11:33:18 AM PDT by PAR35
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Well, I certainly agree that what you say is possible, for we have seen that to be a reality, but do you have any evidence that what you say is accurate & correct?

Because it could also be lawfare that is made up to remove someone who is just the opposite of what you describe. We have certainly seen examples where those who stray too from the expected norm are targeted.

I think we may have seen an example of that with regards to Mark Robinson. I certainly believe what we saw presented was a complete fabrication of the claim leveled against him to take him down. It has become far too easy to make these fabrications, and politics have become so divided, it is not hard to find people who will lie in support of the fabrication because many people no longer possess a moral compass. Thua, they couldn't care less what happens to them, for they are traitors in their eyes who deserve what will come to them.

19 posted on 06/01/2025 11:40:56 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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What else do we know about the DA? While being a Republican used to carry a lot of weight with me, it doesn’t carry as much as it used to, because so many Republicans are RINOs.


20 posted on 06/01/2025 11:44:48 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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