Politics & Government

Cartersville State Senate Candidate Lists Third Address in Qualifying

Secretary of State attorneys are looking into whether Matt Laughridge meets residency requirements to qualify for the special election to fill the District 14 seat.

Cartersville state Senate candidate Matt Laughridge, whose qualification for the District 14 seat is in question, listed an Allatoona precinct address on an affidavit he completed for the Secretary of State's office.

He qualified Wednesday for the Nov. 5 special election to fill the post vacated by Barry Loudermilk, who hopes to be the new U.S. congressman from Georgia.

Voting records show Laughridge casted a ballot at the Kingston precinct in District 52 in November 2012 using a Reynolds Road address. Last month, he changed his address with the Bartow County Voter Registration and Elections office to a Peeples Valley Road home in Cartersville, which is in District 14.

On his notice of candidacy, above, which Patch obtained from the Secretary of State's office, Laughridge lists a third address—326 Dock 3 Captains Walk Drive in Cartersville.

Neither Mapquest nor Google Maps recognizes the address, but a road in Acworth near Red Top Mountain State Park that leads to Lake Allatoona is named "Captains Walk," according to Google.

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