The mayor of a small Georgia city and two former election workers have been jailed on felony charges stemming from efforts to stop a local election last fall.

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.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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    4 days ago

    Mayoral elections, and many city elections, are generally non partisan.

    So while the candidate may be a Republican or a Democrat, they aren’t running AS a Republican or Democrat, and the party affiliation is not mentioned on the ballot.

    Here’s the ballot for mayor of Portland, Oregon in 2024, ranked choice, vote for up to 6. Keith Wilson won.