Judge hears challenge to Mississippi mayoral election

MACON, Miss. (AP) - A special judge will decide the next step in a losing candidate’s challenge to a mayoral election in northeast Mississippi.

Earlie Henley filed the challenge after losing the Brooksville mayor’s race to David Boswell in May 2017, contesting absentee votes.

WCBI-TV reports attorneys for both sides presented their case Wednesday in Macon.

Special judge Frank Vollor says he’ll issue a ruling later.

The Mississippi Supreme Court appointed Vollor, a former circuit judge from Vicksburg, as a special judge to hear the case in June 2017.

Boswell will continue to serve as mayor for Brooksville until the judge makes a ruling.

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Information from: WCBI-TV, http://www.wcbi.com