Georgia mayor and 2 others are jailed on felony charges for trying to halt a local election
The mayor of a small city in Georgia and two former election officials have been jailed on felony charges stemming from efforts last November to halt a local election after one of the mayor’s allies was disqualified from a city council race.
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 and a misdemeanor count of conspiring to commit election fraud.
Also jailed were the city’s former elections superintendent, Rhunette Williford; and her former deputy superintendent, Cheryl Ford, who is currently Camilla’s city clerk. They were charged with the same crimes as the mayor, plus misdemeanor counts of failing to perform their duties as public officers.
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What party is this guy in? I've searched and not one article or website says, unless I've missed it.
... we can guess...
Oh believe me, I have lol. But i wanted proof too.
Well he's said he represents the "first progressive black voting block" so I doubt he's a MAGAt. Either way he's a smarmy politician and your enemy. Like cops, the corporate upper crust, and the investor class. They are all the enemy class regardless of party.
That explains why they got indicted for it.
Thanks.
Could you post where you for that info from?
Second paragraph from the end
Thanks! I see it.
What does that mean? I can't find any reference to it. Is it some form of political terminology which I'm maybe just unfamiliar with?
It's political jargon used to sway voters
Thank you, i missed that.
When it comes to small, local elections party affiliation may have no ties to the national parties. Challengers may run as "this" party because the incumbent is "that" party. The mayor of my town was a Democrat but used all of the propaganda buzz works from Fox News' playback. That being said I'll bet the mayor in this story is a Trump supporter
He's a Democrat, but this is not a simple situation.
Judge rules someone ineligible, mayor disagree
Sheriff's show up to candidates house, possible intimidation
Haven't read much else yet
How strange. Sheriff's never seem to show up at conservative homes like this.
Most local governments in America are "officially" non-partisan.
Edit: I'm not wrong 🤷♂️
What city do you live in? Every person that I've ever seen run for office was always in a party.
I'm sure they were affiliated and financially supported by a party, and some municipalities do run partisan elections, but "mayoral elections are officially nonpartisan in most of the nation's largest cities", insofar as party affiliation is not listed on the ballot. I'm sure mayoral candidate party affiliations are well-known/easily determined in big cities, but in small towns like the one I grew up in, the info isn't necessarily there and there's not necessarily anyone even looking for it.
...From that article.
Your reading comprehension isn't as good as you think it is, I addressed that already.
Ok dude. 👍
Election ≠ Candidate
Make sense?
Nope. Not even close.
Edit: They may be nonpartisan somewhere but nowhere near a significant amount of them are.
-source: raised in small town America, lived in 4 states, and spent decades traveling the country
I have real sources in other replies, don't feel like repeating them again to you now, sorry
So far. I've seen this about it:
Appeals Court panel orders Camilla council members to be removed from office
A stated investigation is said to have found neither slept at night in the addresses they were registered to for "at least three months".
It doesn't go into much other detail though.