Election commissioner questions Democratic candidates' eligibility in Jefferson County
A little-known state law requiring county clerks to notify political party committees that they need to submit a list of candidates they have certified for the general election has raised questions about whether Democratic Party candidates for city and county offices should be on the ballot.
During a meeting of the Jefferson County Board of Election Commissioners Friday night, Commission Secretary Stu Soffer said the law requires the county clerk to notify the chair and secretaries of the parties by registered mail at least 100 days before the election so that the candidates' names can be placed on the ballot.
The county committees are told to provide the list of certified candidates at least 90 days before the general election, which would have been Aug. 10.
A second section of the same law, however, provides that if the county chairmen or secretaries are not properly notified, they have an opportunity to correct the clerk’s failure to notify them by submitting a list of certified candidates at least 75 days before the election, which would have been Thursday.
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