Affidavit and mailed-in affidavit ballots will be tabulated today at Jackson City Hall. Ward 1 is on the line with incumbent Ashby Foote, III holding a ten vote lead over Grace Green going into today.
A source said the there are seven affidavit ballots and two absentee ballots have been accepted in Ward 1.
It's almost a sure bet with margins this tight, at least one candidate will conduct a ballot examination.
More information will be posted so stay tuned.
Update: Foote gained a vote while Greene and Barnes each gained three votes. Foote wins with a margin of eight votes.
36 comments:
Being an incumbent he did have his foot in the door.
Grace & Ashby split his base voters. Glad it finished. I wonder if Barnes Ashby & Grace will take all signs down. Several of Barnes signs were placed illegally anyway. I never understand why candidates don’t enforce rules to apply to themselves
Details: Foote gained 2 votes. Then lost one because clerk had given an absentee voter a ward 1 ballot when they didn't live in ward 1 - how this was determined and exactly what happened was not explained, despite many questions being asked (and unanswered).
Final: Foote 1739, Green 1731, Barnes 1716.
Ashby won and Ward 1 lost.
Another Victory for the white make patriarchy!
Foote was able to put his Foote up their ass with this win
less than 10 votes can change an entire elections
Grace was a Lumumbambumba sympathizer. That told me everything I needed to know about her politics.
What is a White make patriarchy?
I voted for Grace but I wash I had voted for Ashby. Republican white male here. I won’t make that mistake again. I know my mom and dad plus my sister voted for Barnes. I wasn’t all that shocked.
Greene split Barnes base. Next time the democrats won’t be so short sighted.
Foote hasn’t done anything. But Jackson takes forever to realize change is needed.
Did you get suckered in by Lumumba both times?
With a the rebuilding to be done what logic is there in putting in a newbie...but then, logic is not often a factor...
I’m a conservative senior white male and I voted for Jasmine Barnes. She would have done the most to reintroduce fiscal responsibility and accountability to Jackson. Let’s hope Ashby can be more effective now that we have a real mayor.
The could have had a coin flip like City of Pelahatchie did.
Grace Greene had all the white women from River hills voting for her not Ashby. Grace didn’t split any of Barnes vote. Obviously you didn’t pay attention to the neighborhoods with Grace signs out front. They were nearly all former Ashby supporters
Ashby helped me with a water line break, 14 months old so yes he does try. He evened questioned not paying the Mayor because he had not turned in his finance report. He didn't take the civic center hotel bait. He's ok in my book.
I think I’m nearly the only FPDS family that didn’t openly support Grace. Not sure why so many did
That TikTok guy is trying to litigate for Grace. Makes me want Ashby even more.
@12:25: Clearly, there is a typo in the phrase “white make patriarchy.” What the writer was trying to say was “I have nothing to offer but buzz words and talking points gathered from the Sisters.”
Why does it matter?
Signs mean NOTHING.
Who files for a re-count, Grace or Chokwe?
@11:58 here. I was making a joke since Foote beat a white woman and a black woman.
Foote by a toe-
Excellent comment. Foote also found the money to fix the Adkins bridge, near Old Canton Rd, though he had to spend three years accumulating it and building Council support.
Brett Kenyon in shambles
Dems have signage setback entitlement. Normally must be placed inside private property, not in ROW. I used to take them down, throwing them in dumpsters behind shopping centers. Too many cameras now. Most 30' wide residential streets sit in a 50' ROW, meaning there's at least a 9 to 10' setback from back of curb to private property.
@12:35 - you are correct but not complete.
Grace split Jasmine's vote as you say; but she also split Ashby's vote which you ignore.
Without Grace Green in the race, would have been a close (and nobody can clearly say with definitiy the result) race for either.
Many supporters of Grace openly suggested that Ashby should withdraw because otherwise "we might end up with a black councilperson" from our ward. Yes, I did hear those very exact words out of several friends mouths.
The obvious retort, although generally not given was - maybe Grace should withdraw since (1) Ashby was already in the race when she dropped her $10 qualifying fee, or (2) why was she more 'entitled' to be the single opponent of that potential 'black councilperson' they were afraid could win?
What most everybody has ignored in this race is that the Council person in Jackson's form of government cannot address local issues as an alderman can in a Mayor/Board form of government; about all Ashby (or the two other sane voices on the Council) could do was try to keep a corrupt Mayor from raiding the coffers any more than he was doing behind the scenes. Council members cannot do anything about fixing a pothole in your street, or address a water or sewer problem you may have, or much of anything else in the day to day operation of the city. Councilmembers can set the budget (with a majority vote) that directs how money will be spent - but they can't determine on whom those dollars are spent or for what purpose
Political sign frames make pretty good target stands.
Suzie keeps spreading that lie, but I was there and it wasn’t anything like she says it was. It was a dinner to get to know other parents with kids at the same school. She’s a bitter person who probably wrote half the comments on here
Three houses on my street had Greene signs. All known Democrats. Put Democrat signs out during other elections. One was on her campaign finance report.
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Why doesn't Grace Green simply run as a Democrat? Have some integrity girl!
Why did Foote switch to Independent? Or is that okay if you agree with him?
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