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The Davidson County Election Commission on Thursday rejected a challenge to Nashville Democratic Rep. Justin Jones’ qualification for the ballot in his bid for reelection.
When last we left the Davidson County Election Commission on June 25, they voted 3-2 to hold a Sept. 21 date for county residents to vote on 4 Good Governmentâs slate of anti-property tax charter amendments. No matter that Chancellor Russell Perkins had just gutted the proposal and canceled the July dates, the election commission pressed on.
After hearing from their hired counsel who had just lost in Perkinsâ court â Vanderbiltâs Jim Blumstein and Bradley Arantâs Austin McMullen â the Republicans on the committee were assured that the state Supreme Court would take up their case and overturn the Chancery Court decision, hence the vote for a new election date.