WLBT reported Governor Tate Reeves cancelled the special election for Hinds County District 2 Supervisor:
A special election for the Hinds County Board of Supervisors District 2 seat between David Archie and Tony Smith has been canceled.
This by the order of Governor Tate Reeves.
The special election was initially scheduled for Tuesday, July 14.
Smith will remain in office until the special election is held.
As someone once said, not so fast my friend. The Governor did not issue any such order. There is none posted on his social media accounts nor did he issue a press release.
A spokesman for the Governor said Governor Reeves did not order a special election be held. He has no plans to do so until the litigation between incumbent Supervisor Tony Smith and former Supervisor David L. Archie concludes or the Mississippi Supreme Court orders the Governor to schedule a special election.
Smith obliterated Archie in the 2023 election. Archie challenged the election in Hinds County Circuit Court. Special Circuit Judge Barry Ford ordered a new election be held. Smith appealed the decision to the Mississippi Supreme Court. Archie asked the Court to expedite the ruling.
5 comments:
Gotta hate when that happens.
Better luck next time.
Nooooo! I miss Archie! I love the drama!!!!!
Archie the perennial loser.
Archie's folks trying to place blame on the Governor for their inability to understand the law, but why should we be surprised when Archie has that law scholar Gloria Walker and her minions leading his legal and political attack.
Governor never called for a special election because it never became ripe to do so - despite the idiots at the Hinds County Election Commission and the stupidity of the Judge.
But it did do a lot to increase the popcorn sales in the county - too bad the City of Jackson received very little of the sales tax revenue from those sales as most of it came from the Clinton-Raymond area of the county.
Does it really matter? Smith and Archie are both terrible candidates.
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