Fulton County
Democrat disqualified from running for Senate seat
A man trying to unseat Sen. Vincent Fort in Atlanta in the Democratic primary next month was disqualified from the election Wednesday.
Jeff Sadiq, also known as Jaffar Sadiq, could not prove that he had lived for more than a year at the address he claimed as his home, according to an investigation by the office of the Secretary of State. Secretary of State Brian Kemp disqualified him Wednesday.
Sadiq, who claimed to live on Atlantic Drive in Atlanta, had to be a legal resident there for a year prior to the Nov. 8 general election in order to qualify for office.
Sadiq’s sister-in-law said she had been renting the property to him since 2012, but there was no lease or rental agreement. At least one neighbor said she had never met him.
Because there is not enough time to reprint ballots, a prominent notice will be posted at polling places telling voters Sadiq has been disqualified. No votes cast for him will be counted.
No Republicans are running for the seat, and Fort is the only other Democrat to have qualified.
ARIELLE KASS
UPCOMING
- Inman Park Festival. 2 p.m. Saturday for parade; 4 p.m. Saturday, Sunday for dance festival; noon-6 p.m. Saturday, Sunday for Tour of Homes; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Sunday for free festival. $15 to $20 for Tour of Homes. Festival continues along Euclid Avenue, Elizabeth and Hurt Streets, Edgewood Avenue, Waverly Way and Delta Place with more activities in Springvale and Delta Parks. The juried arts and crafts show will feature more than 150 artists and three stages of live music. InmanParkFestival.org.
- Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Commemoration Day. "A Tribute to the Children: Those Who Survived, Those Who Died, Those Who Will Never Be" with speaker Robert Ratonyi, a Holocaust survivor from Hungary. 11 a.m. Sunday (rain or shine). Free, including free admission to The Breman Museum's exhibit "Absence of Humanity: The Holocaust Years, 1933-1945." Memorial to the Six Million at Greenwood Cemetery, 1173 Cascade Circle SW. The Breman Museum, 1440 Spring St. NW. 678-222-3700, TheBreman.org/Events.
- "Oliver!" the musical by Fabrefaction Theatre Conservatory. Through May 8. 8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays. $15 to $30. 7 Stages Theatre, 1105 Euclid Ave. NE. fabrefaction.org.
- The Rev. Elmarie Parker speaking about Christians in the Middle East. 9:30-10:30 a.m. May 8. Northwest Presbyterian Church, 4300 Northside Drive. 404-237-5539, nwpc@nwpcatlanta.org.
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