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Highland reviews election instructions and appointment options as mayor's race produces council vacancy
Summary
Staff briefed the council on recent election-mailing confusion linked to state guidance and on rules and timing the council must follow to appoint a replacement if a sitting councilmember becomes mayor.
Highland City staff updated the council on election logistics and the process that will be used if an incumbent councilmember is elected mayor and a council vacancy results.
Why it matters: The Oct. 21 briefing covered ballot-instruction confusion tied to a state law referenced as HB 300, local ballot-drop procedures, deadlines for mailed ballots, and council procedures for filling a council vacancy by appointment.
Stephanie (city elections coordinator) told the council that some ballot instructions circulated with mailed ballots incorrectly suggested that ballots would not be counted without the last four digits of a Social Security number or driver's license. She said the county clarified that signature verification, not those digits, determines…
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