(The following was originally published in the Times Daily.)
FLORENCE — An effort by the Constitution Party of Alabama to get two candidates on the November ballot for Lauderdale County races has been rejected.
Probate Judge James Hall said Wednesday he denied the petition because it did not contain enough names of registered county voters.
“The ballot access request consisted of 1,140 names, but there were only 605 acceptable names on the petition, and they needed 849,” Hall said. “So, because of that, I had no choice but to deny the request.”
Hall said he mailed a letter explaining his decision to Joshua Cassity, the party’s chairman, and the two local candidates, Brent Beavers and Ty Barrett.
Beavers was going to be a candidate for the District 1 County Commission seat and Barrett was running for sheriff.
Cassity said he is disappointed with Hall’s ruling.