Posted on 03/31/2022 6:30:01 AM PDT by cotton1706
The ballot for Jackson County legislature is set and the county’s Democratic Committee deserves a round of applause for protecting voters from getting duped by candidates who they said wanted to run as Democrats but serve as Republicans.
The filing deadline to get on the ballot for the Aug. 2 primary was Tuesday evening. The Democratic Committee, in line with its bylaws, refused to accept the $100 fee from two candidates who filed to run for seats on the Jackson County legislature. “They had supported Republican candidates and causes” said Forrest Richardson, executive director of the county’s Democratic Committee, and hold conservative views.
They “filed as Democratic candidates in an attempt to manipulate voters and the electoral process,” Richardson said. It’s the first time, to Richardson’s knowledge, that his committee has rejected filings for this reason. The county clerk’s office accepted the committee’s decision.
Roberta Gough, who had filed as a Democrat to run for the 3rd District at-large seat, has twice before run as a Republican. In 2018, running as a Democrat, she lost to current county legislator Tony Miller.
Gough, along with Brenda Allen, who filed as a Democrat for the 1st District at-large seat on the legislature, were censured and disqualified as Democratic candidates in the upcoming primary. The committee’s bylaws allow it to disqualify potential candidates who attempt to misrepresent their political affiliation.
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Media hypocrites.
A lot of these Republicants are DIR..Democrats In Reality.
If only the RNC would do this.
My thought precisely.
Forrest Richardson. Named for Nathan Bedford Forrest, or for Forrest Gump?
Why have a primary when ironically named “The Democratic Committee” can just dictate the winners? Voters don’t need no stinkin’ choices.
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