After having their affidavits thrown out by the Davidson County Board of Elections, opponents of Gerald Hege have refiled, hoping to get the felonious former sheriff thrown off the May primary ballot.
Election officials say it’s too late since early voting has already started, so opponents hope the board just won’t count votes cast for Hege.
Interesting that the leader of the protest can’t sign an affidavit herself, since she’s not a resident of Davidson County. Meanwhile, the N&R’s Lorraine Ahearn writes up the race:
But the crux of the matter, for which carrying a firearm is a mere symbol, is trust. Why would Republican primary voters elect a candidate for sheriff who once presided over a department that misused vice narcotics money, and saw two jailers indicted for a prisoner-sex scandal and three ex-deputies sentenced for dealing drugs?
That is the question Hege is trying to answer. Like the speech he used to give the inmates at the end of Court TV’s “Inside Cell Block F,” he argues that he has paid his dues and deserves another chance.
“I made some mistakes, but I’m a darned good lawman,” he said. “It humbles you to the fact.”
Ahearn’s story focuses on Hege and incumbent Sheriff David Grice, barely mentioning Terry Price, the third candidate in the primary.
