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Supervisor candidate files official election contest
Published Thursday, July 17, 2008
WOODVILLE — The election that was supposed to settle a contentious election contest is now itself being contested.
Candidate for district 2 supervisor — and former supervisor — Kirk Smith filed a petition to contest the election earlier this week.
Smith is challenging the certified win by current Supervisor Richard Hollins.
A contest petition is a legal document in which the party challenging the election levels the allegations — which will later have to be proven in court — on which the contest is based.
Smith’s petition alleges absentee ballots used in the June 24 special primary were ordered from a printer not approved by the Mississippi Secretary of State’s office, and that there was sworn inventory of all of the ballots used in the election, as required by law.
The petition alleges there is “is no evidence that a specific, finite, fixed number of paper ballots were ordered, purchased, printed, delivered and used in the June 24, 2008, Special Democratic Primary Election, and it is likely that additional, duplicate or fraudulent paper ballots were issued to (Circuit Clerk) Mon Cree Allen and persons acting in conspiracy with him for use in the said election.”
The petition also alleges that ballot applications and envelopes were missing for 50 people whose names are on the list as having applied for absentee ballots and who reportedly voted.
Other allegations include ballots that were cast by people whose names were not on the last as having applied to vote absentee, intentional mingling of illegal and legal ballots, failure by election officials to label absentee ballots as “accepted” or “rejected,” curbside voting for those who were not legitimately disabled and a missing absentee voter list in one precinct.
The hearing for the contest is set for Monday.
Comments
Posted by supertrucker47 (anonymous) on July 17, 2008 at 4:43 a.m. (Suggest removal)
what a load of crap!
Posted by Swapmeet (anonymous) on July 17, 2008 at 6:35 a.m. (Suggest removal)
You are right supertrucker. They should be using the ballots approved by the law.
Posted by jfa (anonymous) on July 17, 2008 at 8:33 a.m.
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Posted by lovelyday (anonymous) on July 17, 2008 at 2:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Kirk Smith lost the election and still is not satisfied. They had 5 agencies plus 2 Special Masters overseeing the election. One must read the article carefully it states "alleged" this means that this is just a losing candidate still crying foul. They want people to think all of this is happening in Wilkinson County. GET REAL you lost your Race so MOVE ON!!!
Posted by lovelyday (anonymous) on July 17, 2008 at 5:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)
swapmeet: what are ballots approved by the law?
Posted by EuropeanAmerican (anonymous) on July 17, 2008 at 9:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)
lovelyday, I will answer that question for swapmeet, as he must be offline: The State has certified printers that the counties are supposed to use for the ordering and purchasing of paper ballots. These certified printers provide a sworn accounting and inventory of ordered ballots as required by Mississippi State Law. This is required by the state to keep the handlers of ballots accountable.
Posted by 18wheeler (anonymous) on July 18, 2008 at 8:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)
breaker, breaker 1 9!!!!!
back in wilkinson county
Posted by 18wheeler (anonymous) on July 18, 2008 at 9:28 a.m. (Suggest removal)
WHAT IN THE HECK DOES "Supervisor candidate files official election contest" MEAN!!!!!!!!!!!!! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, HE LOST, HE LOST.
There is a question the roaming at the shell gas station "Why did his wife, Donna pull out of the election" BIG QUESTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by lovelyday (anonymous) on July 18, 2008 at 10:40 a.m. (Suggest removal)
EuropeanAmerican: You and everyone else know that the ballots used were certified by the State. The question should be... if they were not why didn't the Secretary of State office say something about it. Remember they watched the whole election. You are one reason the county cannot move forward with all these fabricated lies. Your candidate LOST...GET OVER IT.
Posted by EuropeanAmerican (anonymous) on July 18, 2008 at 2:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)
lovelyday, you need to learn to read and comprehend more carefully--I did not say the ballots used were not certified by the state, I only answered your question to Swapmeet.
What makes you think my candidate lost, or that I even bothered to waste $4.00 worth of gas to go vote?
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