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Phillip Pettus from Green Hill has made some people mad, not that that's unusual. He's prefiled a bill for the 2025 legislative session making it illegal to oust someone from the state ballot due to the origins of his/her political contributions. In short, HB6 is attempting to make AEA contributions secure.
Some have taken offense to the bill and are demanding that the ever controversial Pettus be reprimanded even though 87 current members of the state legislature received AEA funding in the last election. From the resolution:
“Representative Phillip Pettus, through the legislative process, is blatantly hindering the right of the GOP to oversee who may run under the umbrella of the party banner, and ensuring that true conservatives are vetted for candidacy. Be it resolved that the members of the Morgan County Republican Executive Committee call upon the Alabama Grand Old Party State Executive Committee to reprimand Representative Pettus in harsh terms for using his office and the legislative process to hamper party rights.”
So far, Pettus has refused to comment on the Morgan County resolution. We hope no one is holding their breath.
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I have never been a fan of Phillip Pettus and as a matter of fact; I am that rare bird in the state of Alabama who is not a fan of the MAGA republican party that has taken hold in the state but it sounds to me like Mr. Pettus is attempting to take "buying" your way onto the ballot out of state elections. If so, kudos to him. Now if this state just had a two party system again.........
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