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18 Sep, 2015

Accused of altering forms

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The attorney for Brian Mason, one of Davis’ deputy clerks, says he believes Davis has again violated herĀ federal court order by altering marriage license forms by removing her name, making Mason initial the form instead of sign it, and then requiring the form to be notarized. The attorney says it isĀ “really bizarre” that Davis would alter the forms.

A notary has nothing to do with it.Ā Unless she’s got a really good reason, and I’ll certainly be patient and wait to hear it, the only inference I personally can draw from it is she is trying to circumvent the court’s order.

In a separate filing, ACLU attorneys for the gay couples who sued Davis sayĀ that the changes on the form require Mason to issue the licenses “in his capacity as a ‘notary public’ rather than a deputy clerk of the Rowan County Clerk’s Office,” changes that “do not comply” with the court’s order to not interfere with her employees who issue the licenses.

These alterations call into question the validity of the marriage licenses issued.Ā Plaintiffs are exploring legal options to address these material alterations.

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