May 5 Primaries

After the politicking at last Tuesday's Council Meeting I got to wondering if we had anything coming up to vote on this year. So I went to the experts and called the CC Election Board. Those nice people filled me in on all the details.

There is scheduled a Special Election for February 3 but the Village of Wellsville does not have any issues to be decided on that date. In fact there are only two in the whole county. Beaver Local School District has one and the other involves something for Minerva.

Right now the only thing coming up for the ville is two council seats currently being held by Don Brown and Rosie Goss. The other four council seats are good until 2011.

The primary will be May 5. The deadline for filing a petition for the primary is 4 P.M. February 19. Petitions can be picked up at the Election Board offices over in Lisbon. Fifty signatures are required to file a petition. After filing the petition the Election Board has to verify that the signatures are registered voters in the voting district. It's always a good idea to get more signatures on a petition than the minimum required. That's just to cover any unforeseen circumstances. Write-in candidates have until 4 P.M. March 4 to file a Declaration of Intent.

I know it's only the 8th of January and May sounds like a long way off. But it's only five weeks away from the filing deadline to get on the ballot. If you're interested in sitting in the big chairs at the meetings it's not too late to get started. Wonder what the incumbents are planning?

Thanks for the info Kim...

ole nib