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Republicans Sue To Knock

Sharratt Off Hartwick Ballot

Juli Sharratt
Juli Sharratt

COOPERSTOWN – The county Republican Committee is going back to court this week to try to knock another Democrat off the ballot, county Democratic Chair Richard Abbate said this evening.

"They must have a lot of money for legal fees," he said.

According to Abbate, the GOP committee has filed papers challenging one of the petitions submitted by Juli Sharratt, the Hartwick Town Board member who won the Democratic primary for town supervisor in the Sept. 10 primary.

The Republicans are arguing one of the Sharratt petitions lacked an address, the Democrat said.






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