The scheduling conundrum regarding Davidson County’s likely runoff election continues to evolve into a full-blown mess, as this morning’s City Paper reports:

“I was shocked and dismayed when I read the pleadings purportedly filed on my behalf by the Department of Law, particularly the cross-claim in which I am named as a party suing my employer, the Davidson County Election Commission,” [Davidson County Administrator of Elections Ray] Barrett said in a Monday statement to [local attorney Dewey] Branstetter. “This cross-claim in my name seeks to compel the Davidson County Election Commission to reschedule the runoff election back to September 13, 2007.”

As reporter Bill Harless goes on to point out in the article, there are legitimate concerns for ensuring that the Election Commission is on solid legal ground in rescheduling the date, but the situation is bordering on absurdity at this point. I hope the General Assembly will swiftly pass legislation that will allow the commission to move the date without creating the opportunity for similar legal quagmires in the future.

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