Are County Commissioner Election Rules Important Pt. 4: Possible Evidence & More Info

 In Part 4 of this series, I think it would be wise to share some potential evidence of the Lamar County District 2 Commissioner's allegation of his primary residence being outside of his District, and in this case, Amory Mississippi. Since my last post about this, there have been comments that more people need to know about this. I encourage the readers who are able, to share this and any of my other posts about it through social media, word of mouth, or by printing and passing it out. Especially those that live in District 2 since they are the only ones that can vote there of course. I can't remember for sure, but I believe that covers Detroit and most of Sulligent? But all of Lamar County should be concerned about it because Commissioners vote on issues pertaining to the whole County. As I recently commented to someone, it's a shame that the County or State GOP, or even one of the State agencies would not rule on this issue. As far as I'm concerned, the other Commissioners, Probate Judge, our State Representative, our State Senator, our Secretary of State as Chief Elections Officer, our Attorney General, and the Alabama Ethics Commission, all share responsibility for this to one degree or another for not investigating the allegations and trying to do more. It's pitiful, really!

But before I share the possible evidence, here is what sentences 2-4 says in the Alabama Code Title 11- A: "In counties where the county commissioners represent a certain district, any person seeking office as county commissioner shall be a qualified elector of and reside within the district which he or she seeks to represent upon election or appointment for at least one year prior to the date that he or she would take office. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the one-year residency requirement provided above shall not apply to the first election following any redistricting of county commission districts in a county. Any person serving as county commissioner, at all times while in office, shall meet the qualified elector and residency requirements set out herein, and in the case of a district commissioner shall reside in the district as it existed at the time of his or her election."

Now, here is what the Merriam-Webster dictionary says:

1a: to be in residence as the incumbent of a benefice or office

b: to dwell permanently or continuously : occupy a place as one's legal domicile

2a: to be present as an element or quality

b: to be vested as a right.

Here are 3 pieces of possible evidence. Notice I used a program to black out certain private information. County citizens have a right to know and need to know. Again, please share this information, including and especially in District 2 so voters can make an educated decision. It's my hope that March 5th will at least take care of it for now. Sadly though, since no one ruled on it, this could come up again in our County :-(. But let's hope not. Things in our country are likely to get real bad real soon.