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VA: Former Mayor Charles Dougherty Convicted of Election FraudA Tale Of Small-Town Electoral Corruption In Which All The Big Names Are … Republican!Is Charles Dougherty Taking The Rap For Some Well-Connected Kilgores?
Guest blogged by Winter Patriot
Meet Mark Jenkins,
a Republican from Gate City, Virginia, who supposedly lost the 2004 mayoral race, but who stood up for his rights, and for those of the voters, and for democracy in general, after it turned out that his opponent, incumbent Charles Dougherty, had captured nearly 90% of the absentee votes, but less than 51% of the overall total.After the usual number of shenanigans and attempted shenanigans, the result has been overturned, and now the supposed winner faces time in prison! And — guess what — the people behind the shenanigans appear to have been — are you ready for this — well-connected Republicans!
In true blogger style, we'll start with the news…
Friday, July 21, 2006: dailypress.com
Jury convicts former Gate City mayor of election fraud
Saturday, July 22, 2006: roanoke.com
Former mayor guilty of fraud
Tuesday, July 26, 2006: virginiastar.net
Former GC Mayor Convicted on 16 Counts of Election Fraud
Wednesday, August 3, 2005: roanoke.com
Residents say former mayor filled out ballots
Sunday, February 20, 2005: roanoke.com
Small-town election, big-time trouble
Saturday, August 6, 2005: roanoke.com
Mayor: Kilgore hindered probe
For the last word we turn to Mayor Mark Jenkins:
Loss of 2004 GC Election Started as 'Personal' Battle, Quickly Turned Political
Please read the whole essay. It's very good!