Where Did Mary Easley Vote Last November? Coffee Says Residence 'Violation of the law'
UPDATE: Attorney General Drew Edmondson told KTOK radio today that questions about Easley's residence are not ones that "would come to our office." He said such questions would go to the Election Board or the Ethics Commission. State Senator Mary Easley, who last October 2nd registered as a voter in Senate District 29 while she represents Senate District 18, faces more questions today about her place of residence and whether she voted in her own election last year.
The McCarville Report Online reported Wednesday that Easley, who moved out of her district into Owasso last year, now lists a district "office" in Grand Lake Towne, on Grand Lake in Republican Senator John Ford's district, and claims mileage reimbursement from that Grand Lake Towne address to the State Capitol and back.
Easley thus far has had no comment or offered an explanation.
Today, Tulsa blogger Michael Bates reveals that Easley and her husband, Truman, registered to vote on October 2nd in the Mayes County town but didn't vote there in November's election and are no longer registered to vote in Tulsa County. That begs the questions (1) Did she vote last year, (2) If so, where? Senate Co-President Pro Tem Glenn Coffee told radio station KTOK that Easley's residence outside her district is "a violation of the law."
Bates raised the issue: "McCarville points out that 230 miles is the right distance for a round trip from the Capitol to Owasso -- where the phone book lists her as living, even though it's in (Senator) Randy Brogdon's district -- but too far for the round trip between the Capitol and east Tulsa, where Easley was registered to vote last summer. 336 is what Google Maps gives for a round trip between the State Capitol and Grand Lake Towne, where Easley and her husband Truman registered to vote on October 2. (Records show that neither of them actually voted in that precinct, 490031. They are no longer registered to vote in Tulsa County, so it's not clear where they voted. I can't imagine that they wouldn't vote when her name was on the ballot.) I doubt she changed the mileage for the sake of $50, but she might have changed it in order to keep her stories straight."
The McCarville Report Online reported Wednesday that Easley, who moved out of her district into Owasso last year, now lists a district "office" in Grand Lake Towne, on Grand Lake in Republican Senator John Ford's district, and claims mileage reimbursement from that Grand Lake Towne address to the State Capitol and back.
Easley thus far has had no comment or offered an explanation.
Today, Tulsa blogger Michael Bates reveals that Easley and her husband, Truman, registered to vote on October 2nd in the Mayes County town but didn't vote there in November's election and are no longer registered to vote in Tulsa County. That begs the questions (1) Did she vote last year, (2) If so, where? Senate Co-President Pro Tem Glenn Coffee told radio station KTOK that Easley's residence outside her district is "a violation of the law."
Bates raised the issue: "McCarville points out that 230 miles is the right distance for a round trip from the Capitol to Owasso -- where the phone book lists her as living, even though it's in (Senator) Randy Brogdon's district -- but too far for the round trip between the Capitol and east Tulsa, where Easley was registered to vote last summer. 336 is what Google Maps gives for a round trip between the State Capitol and Grand Lake Towne, where Easley and her husband Truman registered to vote on October 2. (Records show that neither of them actually voted in that precinct, 490031. They are no longer registered to vote in Tulsa County, so it's not clear where they voted. I can't imagine that they wouldn't vote when her name was on the ballot.) I doubt she changed the mileage for the sake of $50, but she might have changed it in order to keep her stories straight."
Labels: John Ford, Mary Easley, Michael Bates, Randy Brogdon
posted by Mike McCarville @ 9:57 AM
<< Home