BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. -- An employee working for the Broward County supervisor of elections may find himself having difficulty with more than helping manage the election, Channel 10 News has learned.

Miriam Oliphant hired Jimmy Davis (pictured, left) to be the Broward County elections' community relations coordinator. Channel 10 News has learned that on his application, Davis said he was a columnist for the Tallahassee Democrat and a reporter for Broward County's Westside Gazette.

Oliphant said publicly that she hired him because of his writing skills.

Channel 10 reporter Jeff Weinsier has been looking into Davis' background and performance. Here's a sample of Davis' writing that Weinsier found in the Westside Gazette published in late 2000:

"How dare the Jews ask or have the nerve to demand an apology or compensation from their oppressors."
"The Jews must turn that money over to blacks because they accumulated their wealth through the slave trade."

And later:

"It is difficult for me to find sympathy for what the Jews are calling a holocaust."

When asked about this, Oliphant said, "No, I didn't know that. I hired him because of his ability to write. I didn't know that, and did get a reference from the Westside Gazette on Mr. Davis."

But Channel 10 News has learned that soon after Davis was hired, there were problems on the job. Elections officials found what they describe as anti-Semitic e-mails on Davis' computer in the supervisor's office.

After less than two weeks on the job, personnel records show Davis' pay was cut, he lost his supervisor's position, and he was demoted.

Weinsier was told that the reason Davis was not fired was because the evidence against Davis was "second and third hand."

Channel 10 has also learned that Davis may have lied on his application for employment. That application asks: "Have you ever been charged with a crime and/or been placed on a court ordered probation?"

Davis' answer on his application was "no," but that's not what Weinsier found.

According to a police report, in September 1998, when officers tried to place Davis under arrest for domestic violence against his sister, he attacked several police officers.

According to court records, Davis was placed on probation and had to attend anger management classes.

When asked about Davis remaining in his position, Oliphant said, "Due to budget constraints, there will be some people who will be let go. As you know, the outreach department didn't get funded, so there will be some major changes here. Right now the focus is on the Nov. 5 election."

Davis said that he has accomplished a lot during his time in the office, and didn't know that he shouldn't use the computer in his office for personal e-mails.

Because of Channel 10's investigation, tonight Broward County commissioner Ben Graber says he has launched his own investigation.

Graber says if Davis did use his county computer to receive and send anti-Semitic e-mails, he will demand Davis' resignation immediately.