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MAGA sheriff’s post about Harris yard signs gets Department booted from election duties
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They should, uh, also have discomfort with an immigrant-hating MAGA sheriff in charge of protecting the community. Vote him out when he's up for re-election.
He's up for re-election right now. Here's his opponent's campaign site.
Nice. Not sure what to make of his opponent based on the website. No major red flags come up, but I'm sure the people in Portage County probably know him and where he stands on things way better than I do.
OTOH, the website is largely boring and factual, so I'm assuming he may not be that bad? The MAGAts are usually running from similar scripts, and this doesn't seem to fit that.
He's a Democrat and he hasn't made national news for his despicably racist remarks about immigrants. Outside of that, who really cares what the county sheriff's platform is? If I lived there, I'd vote for him.
I live like a thousand miles away but I just donated $25 to him. Good luck man!
Is it normal to know anything at all about your local Sheriff?
I had to do three google searches and then scroll down for a while to even find my local one, then their bio was so dull when I looked it up it was difficult to pay attention to it.
The only thing I know about my local sheriffs is that regardless of politics they are probably trash. Fucken San Bernardino.
Well that's timely. Come on Portage , OH, do your part!
Fucking how were your comments misinterpreted???
Well, when read by someone who isn't currently waiting for the green light to kill all liberals, it was supposed to be interpreted as a joke.
Right up until he and his deputies showed up armed at their door making it clear it was no longer a joke.
Anyone know portage county's policy on recall votes? Maybe they can help his term end early.
Two issues - it's likely too late to recall him, the time it would take to get through the legal processes would be longer than voting him out in November. Secondly the secretary of state has already abdicated his responsibility in the matter.
https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2024/09/20/ohio-sheriff-condemned-harris-signs
On one, his term of office could be ten years for all I know. Is he up for reelection this November?
On two, I do remember seeing that now that you mention it. But wouldn't a recall petition force the SoS to take action?
Edit: He is up for reelection currently
I did wonder on that - are all sheriffs typically voted in, or are some appointed? And is there a rule about failure to do your job and appointing a replacement until the next election?
Sheriffs are generally elected, but the scope of their responsibility varies widely in different jurisdictions. In some places they are mostly responsible for some combination of courtroom bailiffs and serving legal documents and running the county jail. In others, they're the primary law enforcement that citizens will deal with on a daily ~~basement~~ basis.
Sure hope I never have to deal with a Sherriff in my basement daily
GODDAMMIT! 🤣🤣🤣
Around my parts, they're all elected at the county level. Not sure if that varies by state or not.
It varies state by state, and even county by county. Some are directly elected, some are appointed by other elected officials.
Direct elections theoretically make sheriffs accountable to voters, but realistically almost no one cares who the sheriff is unless they directly stir up a controversy. Bad but quiet sheriffs can fester for decades.
It also causes issues with them being accountable to other elected officials, like the mayor or city council.
Directly appointing Sheriffs makes them accountable to whoever appointed them, who are in turn accountable to voters. It can lead to sheriff roles changing more often if the appointing body shifts, and can result in cronyism.
Personally I think they should be appointed, but have independent, direct oversight outside of the appointing structure.