Robert Daniel for County Commissioner
c/o P.O. 758, Franklin, GA 30217

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

To: Political News Desk

Contact: Dan Thrower, Campaign Coordinator 678-854-7085

Daniel Campaign Identifies Irregularities in Election, Seeks Remedy

(FRANKLIN, Ga., November 9) The Daniel for County Commissioner campaign is preparing to investigate numerous irregularities in the special election to fill the Heard County Commissioner Post 1 seat. “The problems we’ve identified lead us to question the results and to further examine how the election was executed,” campaign chairman Daniel Thrower explained. “During the election there were voters who were turned away in disbelief because they were not on the voter registration list. Post 1 voters in the Franklin precinct were told that they were not in the district and could not vote in the election. And poll workers in Enon Grove attempted to deny candidate Robert Daniel the opportunity to vote.”

Mr. Daniel, retired 22-year resident of Heard County and one of the four candidates who qualified for the race noted, “I ran as the Republican candidate for this seat in 2004, won the primary and got 45% of the vote in the general election. It shocked people in this traditionally Democratic stronghold. When I qualified for this special election, which is supposed to be non-partisan, there was no question as to my status as an elector nor my residency in the county. One of my opponents, Karen Isenhower, was disqualified just before the election when it was discovered that she had moved to another county. When I went to vote I was told I was not on the voter registration list but was allowed to cast a provisional ballot. That evening I spoke with the County Registrar who said that I had provided a change of address saying that I had moved to Troup County. The only problem is that I had not moved, the signature on the change of address was not mine, and if this was the case then why was I not disqualified like Ms. Isenhower?”

Thrower added, “We have contacted legal counsel. When the official results from the Probate Judge are released we will make an announcement of our next action.”

Robert Daniel had the support of voters in the county running on a platform to control property taxes and restore accountability to county government.

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