Bruce Childers, hubby of Clerk of Courts Pam Childers, is listed as not qualifying to run in the GOP primary for the Supervisor of Elections office.
I have asked for an explanation and have been told the SOE office will issue a statement shortly.
Stay tuned.
#notreadbypamchilders…well maybe this time.
It’s official. Bruce Childers did not complete Form 6.
From the Supervisor of Elections Office:
Mr. Bruce Childers did not qualify as a candidate for the position of supervisor of elections. Mr. Childers’ full and public financial disclosure was not provided by close of qualifying, and Florida Statute §99.061(7)(a), requires a candidate qualifying for Constitutional office to provide a copy of the full and public financial disclosure Form 6 by the close of qualifying. The requirement is pursuant to the Florida Constitution and Florida’s election and ethics laws.
The Escambia County Supervisor of Elections Office remains committed to ensuring the integrity of elections and maintaining compliance with the election laws of Florida.
Bruce Childers has already spent $42,362.97 from June 1-June 14.
Qualifying Fee: $9,735.48
Pro Legal, for signs: $4,027.49
Lamar Advertising, billboards: $42,362.97
The SOE probably should have sent him a reminder, but the requirements are pretty straight forward.
Not for nothing, but this is the same procedure that Chase Anderson Romagnano was able to complete properly and I’m pretty sure Mr. Romagnano didn’t have the benefit of the Clerk of Court holding his hand through the process.
By the way- when the Clerk of Court was assisting in her husband’s political ambitions was she on the clock, or had she taken time off last week?
Do we need both Childers (husband and wife) on the public payroll?
Mr. Fairchild, are you suggesting that Supervisor of Elections Bender should have just done old boy a solid and circumvented election law to let him slip his paperwork in late?
Wow. Again, with this kind of mentality about, thank goodness we have Robert Bender in this role.
Should John Johnson have been allowed to do the same? After all, they both failed to fill out the same Form 6 on their financials. One would almost think they were taking instruction from the same misguided advisor, whoever that was.
Welp, at least Bruce only has one donor other than himself to pay back. And anybody that can afford to throw 100K of their own money into a last-minute qualifying attempt can probably well afford a 40k hit.
Nothing says you’re unqualified to be in charge of elections more than being disqualified for improperly filing to run for it.
This is just wrong on so many levels. Disqualifying a candidate for not timely filing a financial report without a warning or allowing corrective action seems to br counter productive.