Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Supreme Court Orders Tomblin To Set Special Gubernatorial Election
WEST VIRGINIA....
The West Virginia Supreme Court has ordered Acting Governor Earl Ray Tomblin to set a special election date for governor no later than November 15th, the date which marks the one-year anniversary of when Senator Joe Manchin resigned as governor and the anniversary of the day Tomblin, the Senate president, became acting governor under the constitution. Tomblin had contested that the constitution and state law didn't allow the next election to replace the governor until the general election in 2012, but the West Virginia Citizen Action Group and lawyer Thornton Cooper disagreed, and petitioned the Supreme Court stating that the state’s constitution only allowed Tomblin to serve no more than one-year in the position as acting governor. Secretary of State Natalie Tennant held a news conference Tuesday stating that from the day Tomblin declares an election date for the governor's seat, the state would have to have the entire election process completed by November 15th at noon.
The West Virginia Supreme Court has ordered Acting Governor Earl Ray Tomblin to set a special election date for governor no later than November 15th, the date which marks the one-year anniversary of when Senator Joe Manchin resigned as governor and the anniversary of the day Tomblin, the Senate president, became acting governor under the constitution. Tomblin had contested that the constitution and state law didn't allow the next election to replace the governor until the general election in 2012, but the West Virginia Citizen Action Group and lawyer Thornton Cooper disagreed, and petitioned the Supreme Court stating that the state’s constitution only allowed Tomblin to serve no more than one-year in the position as acting governor. Secretary of State Natalie Tennant held a news conference Tuesday stating that from the day Tomblin declares an election date for the governor's seat, the state would have to have the entire election process completed by November 15th at noon.
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