A small-time race for county treasurer in southern Illinois got wild last week when incumbent Ashley Gott received a challenge — from Ashley Gott.
A small-time race for county treasurer in southern Illinois took a wild turn last week when incumbent Ashley Gott received a challenge — from Ashley Gott.
The upstart Gott — formerly known as Erin Perry — changed her name legally earlier this year, Williamson County Clerk Amanda Barnes told The Post.Illinois law requires that if a candidate changed his or her name within three years of an election, the candidate’s new name would have to be followed by the old on the ballot.
“This used to happen fairly regularly , but then state law was changed,” longtime Illinois political blogger Rich MillerThe candidates are not identical in sex: the incumbent Ashley Gott is a male and the challenger a female.“It’s an unfortunate and confusing chain of events for the voters of Williamson County,” Gott, who took office in 2019,Neither Gott, nor the newer one’s parents, returned calls from The Post.
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