More Election Commission Drama

By Kleinheider Posted on July 20, 2009 at 9:08 am

In Weakley County:

With three Republicans seated on the commission and making up the majority of board members, Cashon was ousted from her position in a political move in April.

She has since filed a federal lawsuit with six former administrator of elections from across the state and one current officeholder in a move to get reinstated to office.

Their attorney, Gary Blackburn has stated the dismissal of the elections administrators based on political party affiliation is a violation of their Constitutional rights.

In a similar statement released months ago by State Attorney General Bob Cooper, politically motivated firings could be found unconstitutional. Across the state, more than 30 counties have replaced Democrat-appointed administrators of elections with Republican appointees when the majority party in the Tennessee General Assembly shifted to Republican.

(FT: Newscoma)

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