Elvis selling hot peppers to finance campaign
(CNS): As he revealed his intention to take on the education minister in Cayman Brac East at the 2021 General Election, Elvis McKeever said he is not a rich man, but he believes he can sell enough hot peppers between now and Nomination Day to raise the $1,000 candidate deposit. McKeever will be running on a platform to legalise weed and to ensure that this time he can “vote for someone who will be loyal to me”, he said in his Facebook announcement.
He is a long-running proponent of the benefits of ganja, which has brought him in conflict with the law on a number of occasions. However, his campaigns and petitions to legalise the consumption, possession and cultivation of marijuana now attracts considerable support across the islands, as attitudes towards the currently illegal drug have changed dramatically over the last decade.
Despite his convictions, which could derail his candidacy, McKeever said that if Speaker McKeeva Bush
McKeeva Bush (CDP), West Bay West MLA Speaker of the LA, Leader of the Cayman Democratic Party. Biography: Bush is the longest serving member and... More can run again after his conviction for a violent offence, he should be allowed to run, too, given that his record is largely ganja related.
A criminal conviction does not automatically prevent a person from running for office unless it is a dishonesty offence or the conviction resulted in a sentence that is more than twelve months.
McKeever is planning on making a run in Cayman’s smallest constituency, Cayman Brac East, which has just 478 registered voters. He is the first person to announce a challenge to the incumbent, Juliana O’Connor-Connolly, who received 225 votes in 2017 in a head to head against former senior cop, Rudy Dixon.
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