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Clerk: Candidates must reprint loyalty oath after outdated form reached High Springs
Summary
City staff told commissioners that an outdated loyalty oath reached High Springs and that candidates will need to reprint and date the oath for the new qualifying period; officials said they will confirm rules on spending and send email guidance to affected candidates.
The clerk told the commission that some candidate paperwork must be redated after an updated qualifying period was issued, including the loyalty oath, and that candidates should reprint and return their Form 1. "I have not sent them out because I wanted to come here today and make sure that it was passed before I put it online, before I sent it out to them," the Clerk said, explaining why the revised forms were not yet distributed.
Staff said the city will double-check the precise filing and spending rules and communicate them by email. One resident noted the county election supervisor emailed a revised oath link on July 23 that did not reach the local clerk until 9:57 p.m.; the resident said that delay, not local negligence, caused the problem. The city said it will send corrected instructions to candidates and confirm whether spending restrictions apply prior to formal qualification.
