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PSC candidate Gunasekara files appeal with state Supreme Court over residency ruling
Following a circuit court judge's recent decision to rule Mandy Gunasekara ineligible to run for public service commission, Gunasekara has announced that she is taking the matter to the Mississippi Supreme Court.
Gunasekara, a Republican seeking the commission's northern district seat, filed the appeal Thursday in response to a residency challenge previously filed against her alleging that she has not lived in Mississippi for the required five years prior to the date of an election.
The residency challenge, filed by DeSoto County resident and district attorney candidate Matthew Barton, targets public records that show Gunasekara, a former EPA official in the Trump Administration, voted in a Washington D.C. election on Nov. 6, 2018, and received a homestead reduction on property taxes in D.C. as recently as 2021. This year's primaries are set for Nov. 7.
In the appeal, Gunasekara maintains that her primary address has been in Mississippi since 2018, testifying that she and her …
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By: J.T. Mitchell
Title: PSC candidate Gunasekara files appeal with state Supreme Court over residency ruling
Sourced From: www.supertalk.fm/psc-candidate-gunasekara-files-appeal-with-state-supreme-court-over-residency-ruling/
Published Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 16:55:14 +0000
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