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 less than ten minutes, Chairman and current Village Mayor Harry Jennings said the motion to strike and dismiss the objection filed by Manker would be heard first.
Hearing on South Jacksonville candidate petitions being set
Samantha McDaniel-Ogletree, Journal-Courier
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South Jacksonville candidate Richard “Dick” Samples has filed a petition objection against opponent Tyson Manker.Journal-Courier
A contested village presidential race for South Jacksonville will be examined Thursday after candidate Richard “Dick” Samples filed a petition objection against opponent Tyson Manker.
Samples, a village trustee, filed an objection to Manker’s candidacy on Dec. 30, claiming Manker failed to properly file his candidacy forms.
The village’s Electoral Board will have a meeting at 6 p.m. today to establish a hearing date, convene the panel and set rules and procedures for the hearing.
By Jeremy Coumbes on January 6, 2021 at 1:07pm
Current Village Trustee and candidate for Mayor of South Jacksonville, Dick Samples filed an “objection to the nomination petition” of the candidacy of his opponent Tyson Manker with the South Jacksonville electoral board.
According to a press release from Manker’s campaign, Samples objection states the “Petition is not stapled or fastened at the top of the petition as instructed”.
Manker told WLDS News he received official notice of the objection on Monday. A Call for a Hearing by the Village of South Jacksonville’s Electoral Board has been scheduled for tomorrow at 6:00 pm, ahead of the village’s regular schedueld January Trustee Meeting.