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Letter from Ashley Fassett

Details Important in Clerk Position

I wish to bring to light some accurate details concerning the recent court case involving MacGuire Benton’s ballot petitions and a recent newspaper article. First and foremost, I initiated the challenge to the petitions, NOT Jennifer Basile. In fact, I submitted over 200 specific objections concerning the petitions to the Otsego County Board of Elections. The Democratic and Republican commissioners both agreed and ruled Benton’s Independent petitions invalid. Benton initiated a legal case against me and the two commissioners. So, he is well aware that it was not his opponent who made the challenge.

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