The east Alabama state Senate race that was decided by a single vote, then became a tie, is once again a one-vote victory for Auburn City Councilman Jay Hovey. Sen. Tom Whatley of Auburn withdrew from the race Friday morning.
The east Alabama state Senate race that was decided by a single vote, then became a tie, is once again a one-vote victory for Auburn City Councilman Jay Hovey.Friday morning shortly before the Republican Party’s candidate committee was set to reconsider its decision to count the provisional ballot that put Whatley in a deadlock with Hovey.
Pasty Kenney of Dadeville is the voter. Kenney’s lawyer, Bryan Taylor, released a statement Thursday night reiterating Kenney’s account of her efforts to register to vote and why her vote should have counted.Taylor said Kenney was a registered voter in Alabama before moving to Georgia.
After certified election results showed Hovey with a one-vote victory, supporters of Whatley filed an election contest with the state party. They raised the issue of whether Kenney’s provisional ballot should have counted. Based on that information, Hovey asked the candidate committee to meet again and reconsider its decision to count Kenney’s vote. Citing ALEA’s statement, the committee granted Hovey’s request.Taylor said Kenney’s voter registration should not have been dependent on her also receiving a driver’s license.
“Under circumstances like these, the courts have been clear,” Taylor said. “An applicant at a driver’s license office whose voter registration fails to transmit through no fault of their own is entitled to have their vote counted. Period.”
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