In a December 15 post, I mentioned the recent one-vote annexation referendum in Knox County.
More on the November referendum here.
The sole voter in the referendum, 20-year old Garrett Meek, can't be reached for comment.
Meek worked for a subcontractor on the annexation site, moved into a house on the site in March 2006, and registered to vote in Knox County.
Shortly after Meek cast the deciding and only vote in the Knox County annexation referendum, the house he had lived in was demolished.
The referendum has some commissioners and others concerned about the process and asking questions about whether "the single voter, a young man who did not own property within the annexed area, was a qualified voter..."
There are also those who want the state to investigate whether the Knox County Election Commission placed the question on a sample ballot as required by state law; whether the election commission gave proper notice of the referendum; and whether the notice was adequate and included necessary exhibits, including a map of the area to be annexed.
The Knox County Election Commission says everything was OK legally.
Mayor Mike Ragsdale, the City, and the developer want everyone to focus on the property and sales tax money that the project will bring in.
The development will bring in money.
The questions that are being asked, however, are not about how much money the project will bring in but are about conduct of an election with proper notice, sample ballots, maps, and a qualified voter.
Only time will tell whether there will be an answer to those questions.
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