Shelby County Democratic Party Decertified
State Democratic Party chair Mary Mancini has, in the wake of the dispute between the TNDP and the Shelby County Democratic Party over the correct procedures for dealing with ousted former SCDP chairman Bryan Carson, officially decertified the local party.
Mancini took the action in a letter to current Shelby County Democratic Party chair Michael Pope.
In claiming the right to decertify the party, Macini cited "Article III Section 2(f) and Article VII Section 1(a)(3) of the Tennessee Democratic Party Bylaws," which, she said, give her the power "to develop and monitor a minimum set of requirements that must be observed by a state sanctioned certified County Democratic Party."
Although Mancini did not specify particular reasons for her action, she has been at a standoff with the local party's executive committee over the Carson issue. The SCDP executive committee has declined — by virtue of a 10-10 tie in voting on the matter — to ratify a payback agreement reached between Mancini's office and SCDP chairman Pope, allowing Carson to pay $6,000 to the party at the rate of $100 a month in order to satisfy the local party's claims of financial irregularities during Carson's chairmanship.
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