4:25 p.m. Larry Spencer reports (and Huckleberries has verified) that attorneys stipulated to the accidental illegal votes of three people (Dustin Ainsworth, Nancy White, & 1 other whose name I'll get). 2 (Ainsworth & White) had voted for Kennedy; the other for Brannon. Which means 2 votes were taken away from Kennedy, one from Brannon.
4:10 p.m. From CoeurGenX: "I was released by the circus along with two other 'illegal voters'..
Two were for Kennedy and one was for Brannon.. I was fully prepared to
accept that challenge and now I will never get that chance. I am soo
disappointed, yet elated to the fact that I can now go on living my life
like a normal person and not someone who is associated in any way to
the circus which has stopped to visit us here in Mayberry."
2:18 p.m. From CoeurGenX: "This is getting comical. My ex-wife and my former roommate's girlfriend
have also been subpoenaed. My former roommate is the person who bought
me out of my house in the county, and my ex-wife had been re-fi'd off
the same house 10 months prior to that and the city election.. The
strange gets stranger minute by minute in our little Mayberry."
1:40 p.m. Deputy Secretary of State Tim Hurst is on the witness stand. Hurst heads up Ben Ysursa's elections department.
You can find AM trial coverage in drop-down box below
11:45 a.m. Dustin Ainsworth posts: "I heard my name was called which I find even stranger considering I was
in the court room when the judge called for a break at 10.30 a.m. At that
time I asked Kelso's son if I was going to be needed today and he said
he didn't know, so I handed him by business card which has my cell phone
number and he said he would call me if needed. 30 minutes later my name
is brought up and no call …"
11:18 a.m. Kelso gave
Carrie Phillips an Excel sheet to review and then called Dustin
Ainsworth and Nancy White. Neither were in the court. He then moved on
to Barry McHugh. Kelso is asking Barry about John Cafferty (his deputy)
and the meeting that was held between city, county, and Mike Kennedy
attorneys after Brannon filed suit.
11:03 a.m.
Huckleberries hears that ... Dustin Ainsworth and Nancy White have been
called as witnesses, but were not in the courtroom. A Berry Picker said
Judge Hosack was "perplexed" that the subpoenaed witnesses were not
present.
10:43 a.m. Judge Gene Marano has finished
testifying. After a break, Team Brannon attorney Starr Kelso called
Carrie Phillips to the stand. She replaced Deedie Beard as county
elections supervisor. At the 2009 election she was in training to take
Deedie's place.
9:49 a.m. Team Brannon legal eagle Starr
Kelso is finished questioning county elections worker Susan Smith and
now has called witness No. 4 Judge Gene Marano to the stand. Kelso is
reviewing the details of Marano's having counted the ballots at the
request of McHugh and Kelso.
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.
