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Council hears elections staff push to align Shelby's filing deadline with state 90-day rule
Summary
Representatives from local elections offices urged Shelby City Council to change the city's 75-day candidate filing deadline to the state-standard 90 days, citing preparation time for ballots and military voting; council members debated access for prospective candidates and requested written legal guidance before acting.
Elections officials told Shelby City Council that the city's 75-day candidate filing deadline leaves election administrators with less time to prepare ballots, test equipment and meet military/overseas mail timelines, and urged the city to align with the 90-day filing window used by most jurisdictions in the county.
"If I could ask why you guys want to keep the 75 days?" asked Matt Veil, identified in the transcript as director for local elections, as he described how a longer filing window would allow more time for logic-and-accuracy testing and for preparing paper ballots and audio proofs for disabled and overseas voters.
The council debate centered on two…
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