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Gulfport council sets Feb. 18 special election for Ward 5, approves extra clerk help for redistricting
Summary
The Gulfport City Council on Jan. 7 authorized a special election for the vacant Ward 5 seat on Feb. 18, approved a letter agreement with election vendor ES&S, and amended the contract with the county circuit clerk to pay overtime and extra work to load redistricted ward data into the SIMS system.
The Gulfport City Council voted unanimously on Jan. 7 to call a special election for the vacant Ward 5 seat on Feb. 18 and to approve related contracts to run the election.
Councilman Justin Casey moved the resolution calling the election, which was seconded and carried without objection. The council also approved a letter agreement with election vendor Election Systems & Software (ES&S) and a first amendment to the city’s contract with the Harrison County circuit clerk to cover extra work and overtime needed to input new ward boundaries into the county’s SIMS election system.
Why it matters: redistricting changed ward lines and the SIMS voter/address library must be updated for all seven wards before the system can be opened for the special election ballot. The circuit clerk warned that opening SIMS for a Ward 5 special election would “lock down the address…
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