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Shelby council advances charter amendment to align candidate filing deadline with county
Summary
Shelby City Council voted to move a proposed charter amendment to the ballot that would change the city's candidate filing deadline from 75 days to 90 days before an election, a change the Board of Elections says would allow residents time to challenge petitions.
Shelby City Council moved on June 16 to send a proposed charter amendment to voters that would change the city's candidate filing deadline from 75 days to 90 days before an election; the first reading passed on a roll-call vote of the four members present.
Supporters told the council the change would bring Shelby into alignment with the rest of the county and give residents an opportunity to file challenges to candidate petitions.
Councilman McCullough, the ordinance's sponsor, said the measure failed by a 3-2 vote last year and was postponed…
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