This week’s question: Did the Cherokee County Board of Elections make the right call in rejecting Andrews Alderman Steve Jordan’s candidacy for re-election over his alleged home address?
- Yes, everyone must play by the same rules.
- No, Jordan made a good case for residency.
- I’m not sure.
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“Everybody needs to play by the same rules, it’s not fair. What else is he lying about? If you’re lying about one thing that’s small and you’re running for office, what else are you lying about? I don’t buy that. A lot of people in business are on the road a lot, but they still have their residency where they live.”
LaNette Tovar, Murphy
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“As long as we know the person, I don’t care where they are when we vote. If
his residency is here, but he’s on the road doing some work then, no, it doesn’t matter to me. If he’s away but lives in the district, I think it’s OK.”
Carol Sirockman, Ranger
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“Technically, they made the right decision because that’s the rule. However, Jordan didn’t present any evidence that he lives there, if I read it right. His daughter didn’t testify, and he just said that’s where he lives. They gotta go by the evidence, not hearsay. If the neighbor said they didn’t see him, well, maybe they didn’t look out the window the right day. But why did it go on like that for 20 years?
“Another issue is that we pay sales taxes in Andrews and have an Andrews address but can’t vote because we live just outside the town, even though we live in the county. We should be allowed to vote.”
John Laughlin, Andrews
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“He doesn’t live within the city limits. I can’t vote because I don’t live in the city limits, so fair is fair. I can’t vote, but I have an Andrews address and a box at the post office. He should live within the city limits, I don’t care what he does. The rules are the rules, and it should be fair across the board for everybody.”
Cheryl Ramler, Andrews
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“Steve isn’t in it for the money, he actually cares about this town, and we don’t have many people in office who actually care about the town. Just because he stays somewhere else or has a house somewhere else sometimes doesn’t matter. He does have a house in the city limits that he stays at.
“I don’t care where he lives, it’s about what he stands for and he does care about the town, he can’t be bought off. He cares, and I’d vote for him.”
Tina Searcy, Andrews