FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 23, 2009
Contact: Jonathan Fagan
Rutherford County Democratic Party Chairman
(615) 604-4211
han.d.man.2@gmail.com
(Murfressboro, TN) - The Chair of the Rutherford County Democratic Party (RCDP) today called on newly appointed Rutherford County Election Commission (RCEC) Chairman Tom Walker and Election Commissioner Doris Jones to resign their posts.
The call comes a day after both the Republican Chairman and Election Commissioner were quoted in the Murfreesboro Post as saying they don’t care what the state law says when it comes to serving the people of Rutherford County.
“Americans value free and fair elections. Rutherford County citizens deserve adults on the Election Commission who know and obey the rule of law. Otherwise, our trust in the democratic process is undermined. We don’t need people in control of our election process who blatantly express their disregard for state law,” said RCDP Chair Jonathon Fagan.
Both the newly appointed RCEC Chairman Walker and Election Commissioner Jones expressed their blatant disregard for state law when reporters from the Daily News Journal and the Murfreesboro Post attempted to cover a legal proceeding of the Election Commission. The reporters attempted to hand a copy of the law to the Chairman and Commissioner when both angrily dismissed the law calling it “crazy.” The election commission threatened police action to physically remove them from last night’s meeting.
“The people of Rutherford County and the state of Tennessee deserve Election Commissioners who they can trust to respect and uphold the law,” Fagan said. “Recent events serve to remind us of what happens when that faith is lost.”
Fagan said the attempt by RCEC Chairman Walker and Election Commissioner Jones to act illegally and then openly express their disdain for the laws of the state should be grounds for their immediate termination.
“The people of Tennessee deserve to know our elections are being handled professionally and not by partisan hacks who willfully thumb their nose at the law.”
Read the DNJ’s front page story here
Read the Murfreesboro Post’s story here
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We need to have on the calendar the meeting dates of the RCEC so that we can be sure to have a sizeable delegation to greet Mr. Walker and Mr. Jones.
When the Dems were in the majority, I know of no case when we tried to exclude the public or the press from meetings.
Thank you, Kathy.
Isn’t it interesting how the republican party is always the party interested in taking away liberty and closing doors to the public ? Why is this?
I agree, these people don’t understand, or care about, the law and have no business working to create or enforce it.
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