TheColumbus, Ohio – Republican Governor candidate Joe Blystone was scheduled for a preliminary hearing today at 9am before the Ohio Elections Commission. He failed to appear and sent his wife and female campaign manager in his place instead. His attorney’s motion to dismiss was denied and a complaint against him filed by his former campaign staffers will go forward to a full hearing. The vote by the Ohio Elections Commission was 7-0.
“Joe Blystone should turn in his constitutional conservative and his man cards,” said Sarah Chambers. “If this complaint was so frivolous, then why didn’t he show up to defend himself?”
Sarah Chambers was the former Campaign Manager for Friends of Joe Blystone. She and other former campaign leaders brought an extensive campaign finance complaint to the commission alleging that tens of thousands of dollars in campaign funds were not accounted for properly.
“Joe is no constitutional conservative”, continued Chambers. “All his attorney did today is blame volunteers and donors for the deliberate mistakes of Joe’s campaign. Joe will throw anyone and everyone under the bus to further his personal ambitions.”
The complaint will now be set for a full hearing where Joe and Jane Blystone, Joe’s wife and campaign treasurer, will be required to testify under oath. If violations are found, Chambers has requested that the Blystone’s be referred by the Commission to the Franklin County Prosecutor.
Sarah Chambers is represented by Scott Pullins of the Pullins Law Firm LLC. For further information, please visit www.pullinslaw.com.
The video of the hearing appears below with the relevant portion beginning at approximately the 11 minute mark.
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“Joe Blystone should turn in his constitutional conservative and his man cards,” said Sarah Chambers. “If this complaint was so frivolous, then why didn’t he show up to defend himself?”
Sarah Chambers was the former Campaign Manager for Friends of Joe Blystone. She and other former campaign leaders brought an extensive campaign finance complaint to the commission alleging that tens of thousands of dollars in campaign funds were not accounted for properly.
“Joe is no constitutional conservative”, continued Chambers. “All his attorney did today is blame volunteers and donors for the deliberate mistakes of Joe’s campaign. Joe will throw anyone and everyone under the bus to further his personal ambitions.”
The complaint will now be set for a full hearing where Joe and Jane Blystone, Joe’s wife and campaign treasurer, will be required to testify under oath. If violations are found, Chambers has requested that the Blystone’s be referred by the Commission to the Franklin County Prosecutor.
Sarah Chambers is represented by Scott Pullins of the Pullins Law Firm LLC. For further information, please visit www.pullinslaw.com.
The video of the hearing appears below with the relevant portion beginning at approximately the 11 minute mark.
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