Alabama: candidate files suit over 14-month delay in runoff
The Gadsden Times reports: Evan Smith, a candidate in Cedar Bluff?s District One run-off election, filed a lawsuit in Cherokee County Circuit Court late afternoon Friday asking the court to issue an order to require the Cedar Bluff mayor and council to set a date for the election.
“More than a year after the August 2008 general election and since this summer’s ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court, the town of Cedar Bluff has still not held the run-off elections. The Town of Cedar Bluff is operating with a temporary mayor who is ill, and the people need a new mayor and a district one council person,” the lawsuit reads. It goes on to explain that under normal circumstances, state law requires a run-off election to be held on the sixth Tuesday following the regular election. It asks the court to expedite the case by declaring any previous stay of elections terminated and requiring the town to hold the elections as soon as possible. -- Read the whole story --> New Cedar Bluff suit filed | GadsdenTimes.com | Gadsden Times | Gadsden, AL