Charles SharrockFort Oglethorpe’s elections superintendent sent off November’s election ballots to be printed with ousted former councilman Charles Sharrock’s name on them without a second thought.
“I did it just like normal,” said Orma Luckey, the superintendent.
A couple of weeks later, on Sept. 22, things grew complicated: Someone challenged Sharrock’s eligibility to run because he’d been fired by a unanimous City Council vote in 2012 after three female city employees complained he sexually harassed them at work.
Luckey determined Friday that the ballots can remain as printed, and Sharrock is eligible to run for the council seat that he previously held.
The decision has caused caused more complications in Fort Oglethorpe, particularly because Luckey ratified her earlier decision to use her own credit card to pay for ballots with Sharrock’s name on them.