Deadlines pass for city elections
By Nathan Straus News Reporter

The deadline for write-in entries for positions to be filled in the upcoming area elections has passed, and the results have ended two elections before they began.

In Brownsboro, all three incumbents in the up for grabs City Council positions have signed on for another term. These incumbents are Glen Vest, Mary Carnahan and Doug Shaffer.

Brownsboro received no write-in ballots and will not have an election.

The story is similar in Murchison, where Megan Harville and Lance West turned in their ballots to run for City Council.

While Murchison only has two council seats to be filled, the city's mayor position was up for grabs.

Currently occupied by Larry Everett, the incumbent received no challenges by way of write-ins.

Everett said being the mayor of Murchison is something he is looking to get out of as soon as a suitable replacement can be found.

"I'm going to resign soon," Everett said before the writein deadline. "If someone capable writes in I will drop out."

Everett also said he believed it was terrible that in a city the size of Murchison there were so few who wanted to be on the city council.

Everett added he signed up to be the city mayor to save the city money, as he said he believes an unoccupied position would be an invitation for unqualified people to fill it. If this scenario had happened, Everett said he would have been forced to run against this +

unqualified person.

"I won't leave the city in a bind," Everett said.

Jim Moffeit, Chandler city administrator, said Chandler will have elections.

"We had two sign up on the regular ballot and five on the write-ins," Moffeit said.

Councilmembers Ann Hall and Gene Giger signed up before the write-ins, while Don Daniels, Bobby Lankford, Dick Jarrett and Melissa Lehman signed up by way of write-ins. Coy Ellis also filed his own write-in ballot after the regular ballot deadline had passed.

Moffeit said it was possible there would be a withdrawal before the elections, as Tuesday, March 18 was the last day to withdraw a ballot.

Early voting for Chandler will be from April 28 to May 6 in Chandler City Hall. Regular voting will be on May 10 in the community center building from 7 am to 7 pm. Early voting will last from 8 am to 5 pm every day except May 5 and 6, which will feature the same hours as the May 10 voting.

Moffeit also said the voting process will cost the city money for the printing of ballots, worker payment and machine leasing. He estimated the cost in the thousands, but Moffeit said he didn't have a precise figure.