TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Barry Kolar on Oct 20, 2022

A 6th Circuit Court of Appeals panel has declined to reinstate Thomas “T.B.” Burrell as a candidate for mayor of Mason, the West Tennessee community that drew national attention this year when it resisted calls by state officials to dissolve, Tennessee Lookout reports. The court sided with the Tipton County Election Commission, which ruled Burrell had failed to meet a six-month residency requirement spelled out in Mason’s election laws.