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RandySF

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Thu Aug 29, 2024, 10:05 PM Aug 29

Manatee County Supervisor of Elections fires 4 staffers hours after losing primary election

BRADENTON, Fla. — Manatee County Supervisor of Elections James Satcher will remain in his role until January despite losing the primary election last week.

In the hours following that loss, Satcher fired four staffers. Three were fired by Satcher's chief of staff just before 5 p.m., the day after the primary election.

“He just says, ‘Your services are no longer required,’ and I was in shock,” Christine Palmer said. “He says, ‘Here are your boxes. Pack them up and leave.’”

Palmer is one of four workers fired hours after the primary election. She had been with the elections office for nearly sixteen years and questioned her termination only to hear the same statement repeated.



https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-sarasota-manatee/manatee-county-supervisor-of-elections-fires-four-staffers-hours-after-losing-primary-election

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Manatee County Supervisor of Elections fires 4 staffers hours after losing primary election (Original Post) RandySF Aug 29 OP
Wow..two months before the general election..not good Deuxcents Aug 29 #1
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