State sets precedent by removing Butner from office

By Josh Bergeron
Published 3:16 pm Thursday, October 15, 2015

... The State Board of Elections narrowly voted, by a 3-2 count, to dismiss Butner after a lengthy analysis of Facebook posts that date back to 2013. It’s the first time anyone has been removed from a local elections board in North Carolina for social media comments ...

“If the public doesn’t have confidence in the inclusiveness of a county chair, then that pretty much impedes the mission of the agency,” Howard said. “The job of the county chair is to preserve public confidence in the administration of elections. No one who reads these things will feel (Butner) is qualified to do that” ...

“Gee they are all black,” Butner said in a post about the Moral Monday Movement. “I guess the white folk could not get off because they were too busy working being productive good citizens.”

Another post from Butner includes a Confederate flag picture and states “Bout time to start up the fighting again and rid us of these damn yankee invaders! God Bless the Confederate States of America!” ...

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