Post by pavel on Apr 22, 2016 7:12:58 GMT -6
A judge has rejected appeals from two Muscogee sheriff candidates disqualified after they missed a deadline to submit fingerprints for a criminal background check.
“I have reviewed the Court file and considered the argument made by you on Tuesday,” Judge J. Richard Porter III of Cairo wrote in an email to the attorneys involved. “I have determined that the decision of the Board of Elections should be affirmed.”
Porter was appointed to hear the appeals from Democrats Pam Brown and Robert Keith Smith so local judges would not appear to be influencing elections. The Muscogee County Board of Elections voted three to one to disqualify the two after a March 30 hearing.
The candidates appealed to Superior Court, and Porter held a hearing Tuesday for each side to present arguments, after which the judge asked the attorneys to submit proposed orders for him to sign.
Read more here: www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article73099027.html
“I have reviewed the Court file and considered the argument made by you on Tuesday,” Judge J. Richard Porter III of Cairo wrote in an email to the attorneys involved. “I have determined that the decision of the Board of Elections should be affirmed.”
Porter was appointed to hear the appeals from Democrats Pam Brown and Robert Keith Smith so local judges would not appear to be influencing elections. The Muscogee County Board of Elections voted three to one to disqualify the two after a March 30 hearing.
The candidates appealed to Superior Court, and Porter held a hearing Tuesday for each side to present arguments, after which the judge asked the attorneys to submit proposed orders for him to sign.
Read more here: www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article73099027.html