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A Kentucky judge ruled Wednesday that the winner of a state Senate seat could not serve because she did not meet residency requirements.
Franklin County Circuit Judge William Graham said that Republican Dana Stephenson was not a state resident for six years before the 2004 election as required by the state constitution.
Stephenson received more votes in the November election, but her opponent, Democrat Virginia Woodward, went to court the day after the election with information that Stephenson lived in Indiana from 1997 to 2001.
After a special committee of state senators found that Stephenson did not meet the residency requirements, the Republican majority voted to declare she was a legal resident and could take her seat.
Judge Graham said in his ruling, the legislature had no power to waive the residency requirement for a single senator.
A court order prevented Stephenson from participating in the 2005 General Assembly.
The ruling is expected to be appealed.
Ky. Judge: Neither Gets State Senate Seat - Yahoo! News
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A Kansas state senator is planning to run for statewide office, but her opinion on a woman's right to vote may derail those plans.
Sen. Kay O'Connor announced Wednesday that she is seeking the GOP nomination for secretary of state in next year's election.
O'Connor has served in the Kansas legislature since 1993, but may have a problem with female voters. In 2001, O'Connor received national attention for comments she made about the 20th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
"I think the 19th Amendment, while it's not an evil in and of itself, is a symptom of something I don't approve of," she said at the time. "The 19th Amendment is around because men weren't doing their jobs, and I think that's sad. I believe the man should be the head of the family. The woman should be the heart of the family."
During her announcement Wednesday, O'Connor did not think her comments would be a significant issue for voters.
Women's Suffrage Opponent Seeks Office - Yahoo! News
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Could there be a Michael Jackson defense for child molesters?
In the highly controversial Brasher documentary, 'Living With Michael Jackson', Michael Jackson said that he allowed young boys to sleep in his bed, and that he thought there was nothing wrong with that. The documentary tied with the police videotape interview with Jackson's accuser, may be the deciding factors in Jackson sex abuse trial.
In today's Northwest Indiana Times, a local man is charged with having an underage girl spank him in a sexual manner.
Gary Nimitz, 41, said in a court hearing on Wednesday had he realized the serious nature of the accusations, he would have hire an attorney earlier. He said he did not realize he was doing anything wrong.
Sound familiar? We are not suggesting that Nimitz is in the same category as Jackson. Nimitz is trying to seek help for his spanking fetish. Jackson has always thought what he was doing with young boys was OK.
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For anyone interested, closing arguments are proceeding ion the Michael Jackson child molestation trial.
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