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  • Judge rules Ford seat fight not over [Dead votes STILL count for Ophelia Ford in Memphis]

    05/16/2006 6:44:44 PM PDT · by SmithL · 16 replies · 762+ views
    AP ^ | 5/16/6 | WOODY BAIRD
    MEMPHIS — The fight over Ophelia Ford's removal from the state Senate isn't over, even though a majority of senators voted for it, a federal judge said Tuesday. In granting a request from Ford to block appointment of an interim replacement by the Shelby County Commission, Judge Bernice Donald said she must decide if the Senate's decision to remove Ford was proper. "There may be no vacancy for the county to fill," Donald said. Ford won a special election to the Senate by 13 votes last year, but senators decided in April to overturn those results, citing evidence of two...