VERNON COUNTY, Mo – A civil petition seeking the removal of a candidate’s name from the Vernon County general election ballot November 4 was filed on Tuesday in Vernon County circuit court. The petition was filed by Nevada attorney Lee Guthrie on behalf of county prosecutor Lynn M. Ewing III and the defendant is Nevada attorney Dustin Dunfield – recently certified by county clerk Tammi Beach as the republican nominee for county prosecutor after the August primary elections.
The petition challenges Dunfield’s qualifications to serve as county prosecutor because he was convicted of a felony count of statutory rape December 13, 1996 and Missouri law prohibits those convicted of felonies from being candidates for elective public office and holding office even if he receives the most votes in the general election.
A date for a hearing on the petition is to be set later.
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