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Court says South Jacksonville candidate will remain off ballot Samantha McDaniel-Ogletree, Journal-Courier FacebookTwitterEmail Tyson Manker filed a petition to seek the South Jacksonville presidency but failed to include with his petition a receipt from the Morgan County clerk’s office indicating he had filed a statement of economic interest.File photo A South Jacksonville resident who was removed from the April ballot for the South Jacksonville presidency will remain off the ballot after a Morgan County court on Wednesday upheld the decision made by the South Jacksonville Electoral Board...

By Benjamin Cox on February 9, 2021 at 6:29pm A recent legal battle to keep a South Jacksonville Village President candidate off the ballot has cost village taxpayers nearly $6,700. FOIA requested documents by Village President candidate Tyson Manker made public tonight shows that the Village of South Jacksonville owes $6,695.24 in legal fees to law firm Brown, Hay, and Stephens LLP in Springfield for the objection brought by other Village President candidate Dick Samples to Manker’s candidacy. The documents do not disclose the hourly rate owed to Roger W. Holmes of the law...

By Benjamin Cox on February 6, 2021 at 10:04am Calls of impropriety continue to be heard over the ballot for Village President in South Jacksonville. On January 26 th, Tyson Manker filed suit in Morgan County Court to have his name restored to the ballot in the upcoming April Consolidated Election. The Village of South Jacksonville Electoral Board consisting of current village president Harry Jennings, Village Clerk Megan Moore, and village trustee Paula Belobradjic-Stewart voted unanimously to have Manker struck from the ballot on the grounds that Manker failed to file his s...

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By Jeremy Coumbes on January 8, 2021 at 10:16am A hearing has been set on the objection to the petition for candidacy in the contested election for Mayor of South Jacksonville. The Village of South Jacksonville’s Electoral Board will meet at 6:00 pm next Tuesday, January 12 th to consider the objection by candidate Dick Samples, on the Petition for Election of his opponent Tyson Manker. The Electoral Board met in quick fashion at the Village Hall on Dewey Drive last night to lay out the rules and, members of the Board and decide on a date. During the meeting which lasted le...