After Bibb County election officials shot down a challenge to Al Tillman’s candidacy for the Macon-Bibb County Commission last week, Macon City Councilman Henry Gibson vowed to appeal.
He made good on that promise Thursday, filing for an injunction in Bibb County Superior Court.
Gibson filed a complaint earlier this month claiming that Tillman isn’t a legal resident of District 9, the seat Tillman is vying for against Council President James Timley.
Gibson, who’s supporting Timley, contends that since Tillman filed for a homestead tax exemption on property in District 8, that’s the district Tillman legally lives in, thus nullifying his candidacy for District 9.
The Bibb County Board of Elections sided with Tillman last week in a 4-0 vote.
Gibson called the hearing “a joke.”
Board of elections members said that the law, including a 2008 Georgia Supreme Court case, made it clear that the homestead exemption alone could not determine Tillman’s place of residency.
via Gibson takes challenge of Tillman candidacy to Bibb County court | Politics | Macon.com.
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