I wrote a publication on April 12, 2026, in which I indicated that Tiffany Harris was gracious toward me while I searched for answers to what was going on in our local special election as it pertained to our Tax Commissioner, Georgina Harvey. It was during my Open Records Request of this search that I ALSO found out that Jerry Anthony, a long-time citizen of Marion County and an active member of the Emergency Services community in Talbot and Marion counties, was also a candidate in that special election.

Once I started digging into whether this special election was required and legal, I found many things that I can say with my chest out that indicate that Jerry Anthony was illegally qualified to fill the unexpired term of embattled Commissioner of District 3, Matt Gunnels, by Tiffany Harris.

Through this process, I found that a special election for the unexpired term of Matt Gunnels, should never have been called and was a violation of Georgia law. I found that even if it were legal, there was no proper legal notice of the special election for this seat, and that his documents were falsified and created by Tiffany and Jerry Anthony as well.

Why A Special Election in this Case is Illegal

Let’s start with why a special election for Matt’s seat should not, according to Georgia law, have been held. O.C.G.A. § 45-5-3 states,

(1)If the vacancy occurs during the final 27 months of a term of office, the Governor shall appoint a person to fill such vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term of office; or
(2) If the vacancy occurs at any time prior to the time specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Governor shall appoint a person to fill such vacancy until such vacancy is filled for the unexpired term of office at a special election provided for in subsection (b) of this Code section.
(b) When a special election is required to fill a vacancy for the unexpired term of office as provided by paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of this Code section, such special election shall be held on the same date as the general election which is first held following the date of the vacancy and in conjunction with such general election.

Matt Gunnels was noted as “abandoning” his seat as District 3 Commissioner on March 6, 2026.

That means that Matt’s term still had approximately 9 months left during his unexpired term and this falls DURING the final 27 months of an unexpired term. So, according to the law, the Governor should have been called to appoint a replacement to finish out Matt’s term. But did the Election Supervisor, Tiffany Harris do that? NO.

I indicated in my previous article entitled Matt Gunnels Abandons Commissioner Seat Mid-Term, that I performed an Open Records request to the Secretary of State’s office asking them for any notice that was sent to them about Matt Gunnels’ abandonment and the notice to the Governor to appoint a replacement. When I received a response, the SOS stated that there was no responsive document. This means that Tiffany nor any other employee in the Elections Office or member of the Elections Board followed the law.

The question is why? My answer after weeks of experience with her is that she really doesn’t know what in God’s green earth she is doing. If it’s not that, then she’s intentionally doing so, for the simple reason as to shoe-in her buddies and more good ol’ boys.

I understand that elections is a complicated beast, so I could get on board with her just not knowing. The problem is that she is arrogant, obtuse, and likes to double-down on her discretions when she is caught. She is not correctable, refuses to answer questions that she finds difficult, and shuts you down when she doesn’t want to answer your question, which does not indicate to me that she wants to do the right thing, when she finds out that it is wrong.

In a previous Facebook messenger conversation initiated by Tiffany Harris, she indicated to me that she checks the law before she does anything and ALWAYS follows the law, but I’m going to be able to show you further that Tiffany has no problem BREAKING the law to accomplish what she wants to do, under the guise of a safe, secure, and fair election.

Over several days of haggling with Tiffany for documents to show that Jerry Anthony qualified legally, I found that Tiffany would send documents and immediately indicate that her production satisfied my request and considered it closed before I could even verify if what she had given me did in fact satisfy that request. And in many cases, she did not include what she sent to me. She would reference other emails that had documents in them, but the were not the documents that I requests.

What Tiffany Harris has failed to realize is that I saw that she gave me what SHE wanted me to have and became increasingly irritated with me when I corrected her and asked for those documents that she left out. She also failed to realize that I recognized that the reason she was becoming irritated with me is because I was showing her that she did in fact NOT KNOW how to do her job, and most people don’t like being shown up. That wasn’t my intention at all, but prideful people, think those of us that want answers or want to find a better way, take our inquisition, curiosity, and wonder as offensive.

I honestly believe that Tiffany is a very intelligent and capable individual, so I have no choice but to believe that she didn’t actually KNOW what she was doing; I believe it is just the opposite. I believe that she has willfully, intentionally, and with malice, refused to return those documents that would incriminate her, and she thought I would be none the wiser.

The more I pressed her to provide those documents, the more she showed that she was willing to create documents to fulfill my request, and by doing so, she heaped up criminal charges and proved that Jerry Anthony should legally be removed from the District 3 Commissioner’s seat he was “elected” to complete, AND be legally DISQUALIFIED as a candidate and removed from the ballot in the upcoming general election. I also believe that he should be arrested and prove his case in front of a jury.

What I found truly interesting is that I never asked Tiffany, in one request at all, to create any document to satisfy my request, but I found it very telling that she began including, and went back on all of my requests with her, the following response:

Pursuant to the Georgia Open Records Act, an agency is not required to create records that do not exist at the time of the request. See O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71(d).

So, why would Tiffany even use this as a blanket statement to these emails? I have a theory based on my studies in Criminal Justice and Paralegal Studies, as well as 8 years of independent research on the criminal mind. Criminals are typically narcissists. Under the spectrum of narcissism which is officially known as Narcissistic Personality Disorder, a criminal may be identified as either a sociopath, psychopath, or antisocial, and “these terms refer to a person who lacks empathy and demonstrates a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others … and lacks remorse.” Ekua Hagan, The Narcissist as a “Criminal” (2020), Psychology Today, https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/inside-the-criminal-mind/202002/the-narcissist-criminal.

The reason I bring this up is because I see this in Tiffany Harris, and have over the last many weeks of our interactions. Most narcissists will project what they are guilty of onto those who they are attempting to violate. So, if I never asked her to create documents, why would she feel the need to tell me that she can’t, UNLESS, she is creating documents herself in violation of the Open Records Act, which I found to be the case in multiple instances?

So what documents am I talking about?

Every candidate has to submit required documentation and pay a qualification fee to run as a candidate for any elected seat. When I asked for these documents for Jerry Anthony, I noticed that on his Declaration of Candidacy and Affidavit, he did not indicate that he would “not willingly violate the rules of the REPUBLICAN party,” by which he is listed as a Republican candidate on the ballot for District 3. He left this blank.

Additionally, his documentation indicates that he paid $210.00 for his qualification fee. I wanted to know why he was shown favoritism by paying this fee instead of the required $518.00 advertised ad nauseam in The Journal, so there was no questioning what the fee was nor why he should have paid it.

I also wanted to know if he had to ACTUALLY pay that fee or if this was just put there for documentation purposes, as I have seen that some businesses and candidates only say they have paid, but when checks are requested, when statements are requested, those checks were never processed. I also made sure to cover my tracks and ask for any pauper’s affidavit just in case, he filed that instead, so that he didn’t have to pay that fee. Tiffany indicated that he had no pauper’s affidavit.

What I was met with from Tiffany when I asked for the receipt for the payment, is a very poorly conducted cat and mouse game, in which at first, she stated that I would have to get with the county clerk to get that receipt, whereby I reminded her that she is required to keep all documents that pertain to a candidate’s qualification, and I pushed again that she provide me that receipt. Then, she came back and told me that she had the authority to waive that fee for him and did so. I then asked why she would tell me to get the receipt from the clerk, if she didn’t charge him anything? At this point, Tiffany was showing to me that she was coming undone. Her answers reflected panic and confusion, and I will say, I found myself in the whirlwind of her confusion at times too.

This time, I demanded the receipt, which I emailed to her on April 17, 2026 at 8:36 AM. At 9:04 AM, 28 minutes later, Tiffany sent me the copy of a check written by Jerry Anthony dated March 4, 2026 for $518.00 from People’s Bank with Check No. 11804.

This is not the information that was indicated on Jerry’s Affidavit. His payment was $210 from Navy Federal with Check No. 1044. This led me to start suspecting that Tiffany had just worked with Jerry Anthony to get the documentation to make things look legit, but she didn’t realize that I already knew there was no payment for the $210, and if she produced ANYTHING that showed he had paid that fee, then she would be guilty of the very preferential treatment I was alleging. This is why she kept telling me to get the receipt from Heather. Tiffany just wants to be done with me and she shows it in how she has stone-walled me from getting any more information from her.

I went to Heather Wright, County Clerk, and performed an open records request for the receipt that indicated that Jerry paid the $518.00 on March 4, 2026.

I asked for confirmation that it was deposited in the county bank account, and I asked for confirmation that the check was processed at Ameris Bank, where the county bank account is held. Heather provided me with the deposit slip and the list of checks deposited on March 9, 2026.

I noticed that the check number at the bottom said check 1804 and questioned why this did not say 11804 as the check indicated. She stated that Ameris entered it wrong.

I then asked to see the back of the check to ensure that it was signed and endorsed.

I noticed that this check was not signed on behalf of the Board of Commissioners, which the check was written to, and the deposit was made on behalf of. In my experience with financial institutions, checks are not received by any financial institution unless they are signed by the party the check is made out to, or a third-party. They will be rejected if not signed. I also noticed there was no bank endorsement stamp indicating that they processed this check. All banks have some sort of endorsement stamp on the back to indicate that the check was processed and funds were allocated appropriately.

I additionally asked for the payment by Jerry Anthony on March 4, 2026 when he signed his documents, from Navy Federal in the amount of $210. Heather came back and stated that she could find no other check for Jerry, but she did find a Navy Federal check No. 1044 that was submitted by Shaun Ralston for his qualification fee on March 5, 2026.

So, why Did Jerry’s Affidavit say he paid with the check that supposedly belonged to Shaun? And why would Shaun’s check information from March 5, 2026, be on Jerry’s document signed on March 4, 2026, when Shaun hadn’t yet written and submitted his check for his own qualification?

This 100 percent indicates that Tiffany falsified his qualification documents, which thereby disqualifies Jerry as a viable candidate and subjects him to criminal penalties.

If the Special Election was Legit, Was there Proper Legal Notice?

If this election was conducted legally, let’s talk about proper notice. Matt’s abandonment was March 6, 2026. Notice of this special election should have been posted in The Journal on March 11, 2026 and on March 18, 2026. I found where the notice for the special election was in The Journal on March 11, 2026, but there was no second notice of the special election or qualification, required by law.

The qualification period for this seat had completely different qualification periods for the special and general election dates for Georgina Harvey, and the Election Supervisor has the authority to choose those dates for qualification, so why did Tiffany schedule the qualification period for District 3 Commissioner to end during the same week that a second notice was legally required to be published in The Journal? Legally, the second notice should have been given on March 18, 2026, which was the last day of her scheduled qualification period for Commissioner for District 3.

Why does Tiffany seem to rush everything when it comes to our elections? It is my belief after over 100 emails back and forth, a conversation in her office, and several messages in Facebook Messenger, that Tiffany has an alter agenda. I do believe that she wants to put whoever she wants into these seats that are reserved for public officers who will truly serve the people. We have already established that Tiffany and Connie and now, dare I say Matt, along with Heather Stuart, and Julie Taylor are willing to make documents exist where they didn’t in order to cover up the lawlessness going on in Marion County, so if I’m all over her tail with how she is conducting the affairs of the elections in our county, how can we trust even further that our elections are safe, secure, and fair, and how can we trust that those who are “elected” to a public office will actually serve us with OUR best interest in THEIR mind?

My father always taught me that if someone is willing to break the law and repeatedly does so, then expecting them to enforce the law they break will never happen. Criminals don’t follow the law.

I would like to leave Mr. Anthony with this.

Sir, YOU signed YOUR affidavit indicating that you understand that any false statement made knowingly by you WILL subject you to criminal penalties and that you hereby request the elections office to cause your name to be placed on the ballot. So, since you swore a false oath, you are hereby requesting that same elections office to remove your name from the general elections ballot and I am calling on the Tiffany Harris, as the Election Supervisor to do so IMMEDIATELY.

I am also calling on Tiffany to advertise and call for a new period of qualification for the general election, so that other more worthy candidates can qualify. We need representation, but we need honest representation.

And Tiffany, call the Governor, and get him to appoint a replacement for Matt pursuant to Georgia law, ma’am, unless you don’t mind going to jail!

What say all of you?

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