Restraining The Opposition

By Kleinheider Posted on November 11, 2008 at 3:31 pm

A state House Research analyst gets a restraining order filed against him for his political work during the campaign season:

The restraining order was issued September 11 in Sullivan County Circuit Court listing defendant Scott Gilmer to be forbidden from using Web domain names associated with Vaughn such as www.nathanvaughn.com, www.nathanvaughn.net and www.nathanvaughn.org. The domain names were registered with GoDaddy.com.

State election law says this type of communication in the candidate’s name is supposed to be authorized by the candidate, his campaign or his representative. A violation of this law is a misdemeanor.

The Web content, according to the court filings, did not identify the persons who paid for and authorized the sites.

Gilmer, identified as the research analyst, was also identified as an aide to House GOP Caucus Chairman Glen Casada of Franklin.

Neither Mumpower nor Gilmer immediately responded to e-mails and phone calls seeking comment.

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