Former Okaloosa County Commissioner Doug Hutcheson has pre-filed to run for supervisor of elections in Okaloosa County. Funny thing: He was arrested September 28, 2001 for wilfully submitting false voter registration information.
Hahahahaha.....oh wait. That's not funny:
Five years after he faced costly punishments for a batch of election law violations, former Okaloosa County Commissioner Doug Hutcheson has pre-filed to run for supervisor of elections.
“I recognize where some people might see it as ironic,” Hutcheson said Saturday of his decision to run. “I also see it where I have a certain amount of experience in the field.”
Hutcheson, 50, was fined more than $21,000 in 2002 by the Florida Elections Commission for 16 voter registration and election campaign violations. FEC officials said he submitted false voter registration information three times at three different addresses.
He was indicted and arrested in 2001 after Supervisor of Elections Pat Hollarn raised questions over whether he actually lived at his registered address in northwest Okaloosa. He was convicted of a misdemeanor in 2002 and sentenced to 18 months probation.
“What I’ve been through is behind me,” Hutcheson said.
...“People have lost confidence in the voting system and they’ve lost confidence that their vote counts,” said Hutcheson. “The office has been politicized.”
Hey, if you say it's old news, then that's good enough for Florida. Given their impeccable electoral track record, the guy can't do that much damage.
You can read the 2001 sheriff's arrest release here.
via NWF Daily News
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