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The mayor of a small Georgia city and two former election workers have been jailed on felony charges stemming from efforts to stop a local election last fall.
Georgia's Camilla Mayor and two officials face charges of election interference and conspiracy to commit election fraud after trying to obstruct a city council election. The case is steeped in racial ...
Just three days after his release from the Mitchell County Jail, Camilla’s Mayor Kelvin Owens addressed a crowded city hall ...
Tensions were high as the city of Camilla held their first city council meeting since the mayor, city clerk, and election ...
Residents in the city of Camilla are now calling for justice in the indictment of Mayor Kelvin Owens, Cheryl Ford and Rhunette Williford saying that they were wrongfully indicted. Some residents said ...
Prosecutors say Owens and the 2 election officials improperly blocked voters from casting ballots in a special election. Polling places were locked the morning of the vote.
Camilla’s mayor, former city manager, and a former council member are asking the city to cover their legal defense costs after being indicted on felony election charges.
The recent arrest of Camilla's mayor is less about the law, more about suppression of black political interests.
CAMILLA – Three city of Camilla officials, including Mayor Kelvin Owens, Election Superintendent Rhunette Williford and City Clerk Cheryl Ford, were arrested on Wednesday on election ...
Attorney Chris Cohilas, who represents Camilla residents in a yearslong court battle over city council seats to which the Election Day drama relates, said Mayor Kelvin Owens is a “toddler tyrant ...
Camilla Mayor Kelvin Owens was being held at the Mitchell County jail Friday, two days after a grand jury indicted him on a felony charge of election interference and a misdemeanor count of ...