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t have bOard minutes setting forth its official actions of the commission witl1 res
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1he November 3, 2015 geueral election reUts or the serial numbers of seals
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lot boxe~ during the canvassing of the election returns and the serial numbers
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"Resolution Board".
No seals for two Clinton 3 ballot bo)ll85. Spec:ifically, a piece of 1)18S ng tape
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Vem 0 Gavin ask for any such other relief the Court deems
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on th f cts and. law pleaded herein, all to be particularly proved at the trial of this
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a~ that the Hinds County election be void from the November 3n1 201 general
electi n because of those failures to not keeping an accurate inventory of ballot boxes, not
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precinct election records sean and separate, not keeping ballot boxes secur .
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VERIFICATION
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Gavin do hereby swear or affirm that the facts alleged in the forgoing
:Petif n For ~ti<>n Seeking to Declare November 3111 2015 general election void and
d n the attaChed Complaint Of Election Contest are true and correct to the ~t
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PETITION OF CONTEST
EXPEDITIED HEARING REQUESTED
OMES NOW, Plaintiff Jon Lewis ("Lewis" or HPlaintiff'), pursuant to Mi s. C de
nn. ~23-15-951, and files this Petition to contest the General Election el in
. inds )County, Mississippi, on November 3, 2015, for the office of Cons
he 4tli District. Lewis respectfully requests that this Court receive this
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769 Suzanna Dr., Raymond, MS 39154. Lewis was the Republican no ine for
he Distrid 4 Constable General Election held on November 3, 2015. T e H nds
ouno/ Election Commission erroneously certified Lewis' opponent as t e
inner ofthe election by a vote of 6,606 for Leon Seals, 6,395 for Jon L
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creat~d by statute, see Miss Code Ann. 23-15-211, and can be served
proc~s:thr~ugh its Chairman, Connie Cochran, whose address is 407 E
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The HCEC certified the results of the November 3, 2015, Gen ral
lectiqnforthe office of District 4 Constable on or about November 13,
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lecti4n by a vote of 6,606 for Seals, 6,395 for Lewis, and 215 for EarlY un .
The certified results do not correctly reflect the votes legally as
ch candidate in the election. Nor does it contain all of the votes from eg
oters ofDistrict 4. It also contains votes from registered voters of oth r
istriets; As detailed herein, there are a number of irregularities surro
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wil of the voters only from the 4th District of Hinds County. These ballots s
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drs rict and precinct boundaries as provided by Miss. Code Ann. 23-15-28
s6 ute does not allow for any new boundary to take effect until all provisi
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Relief Requested
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action, award the following relief in the form of a judgment ag in
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2..,. . Ruling that the certified results of the November 3, 2015 Gen ral
Election for the office of Constable District 4 are in error, and fu
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for the jurisdiction aforesaid, the Plaintiff JON LEWIS, who, after ei g by
me first duly sworn, on his oath stated that each and every alleg tio in
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the above Petition of Contest is, to the best of his knowledge, tru a
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SWORN AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME, this the 23rd day of ov mber
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. 1. '. . Joanna Weathersby- Archie is an adult resident of Byram, . ississipdi and a duly
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can~idate for the Republican nominee for the Hinds County Justice Court
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REQUEST FOR AN IMMEDIATE HEARIN
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The ballot accounting form (i.e., receiving and return ng manag rs report)
was lnot retu .. ed for the Spring ridge precinct (per Connie Cochran).
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