NETTLETON â Results of April 6âs mayorâs race are being contested in Monroe County Circuit Court after an order was filed May 6 by Jackson attorney Sam Begley on behalf of candidate Phillip Baulch.
In the election, Incumbent Mayor Mem Riley had 344 votes, compared to Baulchâs 340 votes, after affidavit ballots were counted and was declared as the winner. Initial election night results indicated Riley received 341 votes to Baulchâs 331 votes.
According to the petition for judicial review document, allegations include at least three affidavit ballots were unlawfully counted.
It also alleges a number of people voting in the election should have been required to vote affidavit because they should have been purged from the voter rolls due to moving out of the city.
https://www.afinalwarning.com/500992.html (Natural News) A Mississippi judge has ruled in favor of repeating elections in the city of Aberdeen following the discovery of “overwhelming” evidence of vote fraud. Judge Jeff Weill’s 64-page order said there was undeniable evidence of “fraud and criminal activity” during a Democratic runoff election. Some of the aspects of the past election marred by fraud included the handling of absentee ballots, the counting of votes and activities by certain individuals at the polling place.
Weill called for a repeat of the Democratic runoff elections in Aberdeen, Mississippi. Robert Devaull and Nicholas Holliday are vying for the position of alderman in Aberdeen Ward 1. Holliday originally won the Ward 1 seat by a 37-vote margin, but Devaull challenged the results.