• Re: Democrat sex offender Thomas Yager.

    From D) Misogynistic Gender Misappropria@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jun 17 10:03:23 2023
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    MINDEN — Voters on Tuesday re-elected convicted and imprisoned sex
    offender Thomas Yager to the Town Board. He resigned from that
    office in July after he was charged with sexually abusing a child on
    a Fort Plain bus while working as an aide. Still, his name appeared
    on the ballot.

    What happens next is “complicated,” according to John Conklin,
    director of public information for the state’s Board of Elections.

    “Conviction is not necessarily a bar to (the) office unless the
    individual is in office when convicted,” Conklin said. “It’s really
    the fact that he can’t meet the qualifications for the office.”

    Over the summer, the town tried to figure out whether or not Yager
    could be removed from the ballot when Supervisor Cheryl Reese
    reportedly reached out to the Montgomery County Board of Elections,
    said Democratic Commissioner Terry Bieniek.

    But the state notified county officials in late August that they
    could not remove Yager’s name from the ballot while felony charges
    of first-degree sexual abuse were still unresolved in both
    Montgomery and Fulton Counties.

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  • From Can't Tell Boys From Girls Party@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 6 03:27:50 2023
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    MINDEN — Voters on Tuesday re-elected convicted and imprisoned sex
    offender Thomas Yager to the Town Board. He resigned from that
    office in July after he was charged with sexually abusing a child on
    a Fort Plain bus while working as an aide. Still, his name appeared
    on the ballot.

    What happens next is “complicated,” according to John Conklin,
    director of public information for the state’s Board of Elections.

    “Conviction is not necessarily a bar to (the) office unless the
    individual is in office when convicted,” Conklin said. “It’s really
    the fact that he can’t meet the qualifications for the office.”

    Over the summer, the town tried to figure out whether or not Yager
    could be removed from the ballot when Supervisor Cheryl Reese
    reportedly reached out to the Montgomery County Board of Elections,
    said Democratic Commissioner Terry Bieniek.

    But the state notified county officials in late August that they
    could not remove Yager’s name from the ballot while felony charges
    of first-degree sexual abuse were still unresolved in both
    Montgomery and Fulton Counties.

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