Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi elections officials have rejected requests to keep two judicial challengers off the Nov. 4 general election ballot.
Attorneys for Circuit Judge Lee Coleman in Clay, Oktibbeha, Lowndes and Noxubee counties questioned whether challenger Monique Montgomery meets residency requirements to run. The state Board of Elections Commissioners says she meets the requirements.
During a meeting Tuesday in Jackson, Gov. Phil Bryant and other commissioners asked Montgomery several questions, including what address she uses on her driver's license.
The commission on Tuesday also approved Takiyah Perkins as a candidate for circuit judge in Leflore, Sunflower and Washington counties. An anonymous complaint questioned whether Perkins has been an attorney long enough to run for judge. Election commissioners said she has been at practicing attorney for at least five years, the minimum required.
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