Candidate Glassel a Carpetbagger?

The Fish Lake Karpa has learned that a campaign complaint has been lodged with Chisago County Auditor Dennis Freed against county commissioner candidate Jonathan Glassel. According to the complaint, Mr. Glassel does not meet the District 5 candidate residency requirements as defined in the “Affidavit of Candidacy” form and MN State Statutes §204B.06 Filing for Primary; Affidavit of Candidacy, and §200.031 Determination of Residence. Mr. Glassel’s Wyoming, Minnesota address, as filed with the MN Secretary of State, documents that he lives outside of District 5. In order to be a lawful Chisago County commissioner candidate, one must reside within the district for which they seek election.



Mr. Glassel, author of SouthCountyEpitaph.blogspot.com, previously ran as a District 3 (south) county commissioner candidate in 2008, but lost in the primaries. On May 22, 2012, Mr. Glassel filed to run as a District 5 (north) county commissioner candidate. How can Mr. Glassel truthfully swear in his 2012 “Affidavit of Candidacy” that he qualifies as a District 5 resident when he apparently still resides in Wyoming where he ran as a 2008 District 3 candidate?