The Cannon County Election Offices is looking for a new administrator of elections again. The Cannon County Election Commission is looking for a new Chairman. Resignations over the weekend included Interim Administrator of Elections Mary Lynn Bush who resigned Saturday and election commission Chairman Lindbergh Dennis who also resigned Saturday. Dorinda Mankin who was the former assistant Administrator of Elections was hired Saturday before Bush resigned. There is some confusion concerning tonight’s “Emergency Meeting” of the Cannon County Election Commission which was originally scheduled for Tuesday. The confusion surrounds the original reasoning why the meeting was to take place. Back on the July 10th meeting, then chairman Lindbergh Dennis due to feelings that the termination of former administation of elections Stan Dobson was handled all wrong called for a commissioner to make a motion to reinstate Dobson with the idea of giving the public more notice and then voting to terminate him at another meeting. . The motion failed 4-1. However one of the stipulations of the reinstatement called for a public notice to run in the paper and have the termination meeting on July 24th. The only topic on the agenda is to appoint an interim administrator of elections which was done on July 10th before the resignation of Ms. Bush Saturday. There are four Cannon County Election Commissioners which include Democrats Sue Patrick and Jackie Gannon. The Republicans are Matthew Studd and newly appointed Corey Davenport who took the place of Louise Mayo who was removed from the local commission by the state election commission last Monday. The meeting tonight starts at 5:30 at the Election Office in the Adams Office Building on West Tatum Street.
