UPDATE: Special election will be held April 8. Runoff two weeks later if needed. Qualifying deadline is March 19. JJ can confirm Councilman Tony Yarber is looking at jumping into the race.
Here is the law for setting a special election in Jackson:
2013 Mississippi Code
Title 23 - ELECTIONS
Chapter 15 - MISSISSIPPI ELECTION CODE
Article 25 - VACANCIES IN OFFICE
§ 23-15-857 - Appointments to fill vacancies in city, town, or village offices; elections to fill such offices; procedure where no person or only one person has qualified as candidate
(1) When it shall happen that there is any vacancy in a city, town or village office which is elective, the unexpired term of which shall not exceed six (6) months, the same shall be filled by appointment by the governing authority or remainder of the governing authority of said city, town or village. The municipal clerk shall certify to the Secretary of State the fact of such appointment, and the person or persons so appointed shall be commissioned by the Governor.
(2) When it shall happen that there is any vacancy in an elective office in a city, town or village the unexpired term of which shall exceed six (6) months, the governing authority or remainder of the governing authority of said city, town or village shall make and enter on the minutes an order for an election to be held in such city, town or village to fill the vacancy and fix a date upon which such election shall be held. Such order shall be made and entered upon the minutes at the next regular meeting of the governing authority after such vacancy shall have occurred, or at a special meeting to be held not later than ten (10) days after such vacancy shall have occurred, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excluded, whichever shall occur first. Such election shall be held on a date not less than thirty (30) days nor more than forty-five (45) days after the date upon which the order is adopted.
Notice of such election shall be given by the municipal clerk by notice published in a newspaper published in the municipality. Such notice shall be published once each week for three (3) successive weeks preceding the date of such election. The first notice to be published at least thirty (30) days before the date of such election. Notice shall also be given by posting a copy of such notice at three (3) public places in such municipality not less than twenty-one (21) days prior to the date of such election. One (1) of such notices shall be posted at the city, town or village hall. In the event that there is no newspaper published in the municipality, then such notice shall be published as provided for above in a newspaper which has a general circulation within the municipality and by posting as provided for above. In addition, the governing authority may publish such notice in such newspaper for such additional times as may be deemed necessary by the governing authority.
Each candidate shall qualify by petition filed with the municipal clerk by 5:00 p.m. at least twenty (20) days before the date of the election and such petition shall be signed by not less than the following number of qualified electors:
(a) For an office of a city, town or village having a population of one thousand (1,000) or more, not less than fifty (50) qualified electors.
(b) For an office of a city, town or village having a population of less than one thousand (1,000), not less than fifteen (15) qualified electors.
No qualifying fee shall be required of any candidate, and the election provided for herein shall be held as far as practicable in the same manner as municipal general elections.
The candidate receiving a majority of the votes cast in said election shall be elected. If no candidate shall receive a majority vote at the election, the two (2) candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall have their names placed on the ballot for the election to be held two (2) weeks thereafter. The candidate receiving a majority of the votes cast in said election shall be elected. However, if no candidate shall receive a majority and there is a tie in the election of those receiving the next highest vote, those receiving the next highest vote and the candidate receiving the highest vote shall have their names placed on the ballot for the election to be held two (2) weeks thereafter, and whoever receives the most votes cast in such election shall be elected.
Should the election to be held two (2) weeks thereafter result in a tie vote, the candidate to prevail shall be decided by lot, fairly and publicly drawn under the supervision by the election commission with the aid of two (2) or more qualified electors of the municipality.
The clerk of the election commission shall then give a certificate of election to the person elected, and shall return to the Secretary of State a copy of the order of holding the election and runoff election showing the results thereof, certified by the clerk of the governing authority. The person elected shall be commissioned by the Governor.
However, if nineteen (19) days prior to the date of the election only one (1) person shall have qualified as a candidate, the governing authority, or remainder of the governing authority, shall dispense with the election and appoint that one (1) candidate in lieu of an election. In the event no person shall have qualified by 5:00 p.m. at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of the election, the governing authority or remainder of the governing authority shall dispense with the election and fill the vacancy by appointment. The clerk of the governing authority shall certify to the Secretary of State the fact of the appointment, and the person so appointed shall be commissioned by the Governor.
Monday, March 3, 2014
Special election law. Update: WE HAVE A DATE!!!
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April 8... Who you betting on?
I see a Chokwe Jr. race with Quinn endorsing on the horizon.
Ambition rules in the capital city so we will probably have a dozen candidates to file papers. A few we know--all those on the council if Chokwe Antar declines. The Miss. Economic Council types will have their candidate, either Jonathan Lee or Peggy. I prefer Charles H. Tillman because of his elder status, his wisdom, and positive outlook. The Governor's stamp is on his commission already and he can do the job with grace.
God Save Jackson.
Tony Yarber is not jumping into the race. He was in the moment he heard the news. Jackson needs an executive with a tight rein on the city treasury who can hire a engineering talent. One engineer with waste water experience. And one with construction experience preferably with slumping soils.
Majority of Jackson voters are blind sheep , Antar will win if he runs due to a sympathy vote , quinn will win if he doesn't . Lee won't win due to the people viewing him as a Republican.
Can someone please tell me what Chokwe Antar has done besides get a law degree? The streets of Jackson are full of unemployed lawyers but that does not mean we need one for Mayor.
Would Quinn run against Chokwe Jr.?
If so, can Quinn win with a jonathan lee endorsement?
Its Kenneth Stokes' to lose according to JFP!! It will be a street naming term. The big man was raised in Louise, a little Delta hamlet, with a character much like Bailey Street ward that loves him so. I hope he will back young Lumumba because he has no managerial skill outside of his manipulation of his schedule. If he learned anything from Frank, its to hire someone and micromanage them to death.
The last white mayor was a managing partner of a law firm. Freelon group has a 'for the people' motto like Eaves, Morgan, Wilkins, Stamps, et al. Who runs this town anyway if it ain't the lawyers. The 'attorney at law' sign is on every occupied window on Capitol Street. Granted the poor have to find representation when and where they can. Most of the accused and poor have to sit in the jailhouse for years before the families can scrape the money together to buy some measure of legal services.
It really makes no difference in a material way. As I've told you people before, it's simply a matter of who is running the city employment office. Nothing to see here. Move along.
I don't know if its the multitude of unemployed attorneys, the public frustration, or the frustration of the bench, but the statehouse will retool the criminal justice system. The chief justice wants a state youth court system and Gipson of Braxton wants a cafeteria of services for offenders (see HB585). All of the above will impact Jackson, its lawyers, the unemployed, and citizens.
The last white mayor was a managing partner of a law firm and, as Mayor, an abject failure at the job.
Check out Marshall Ramsey's cartoon today about Sherlock Stokes.
Whaddya say Ladd and Tom Fraud. Page views at any cost?
So you got someone to boss around
It makes you feel big now
You drift until you brutalize
You made your first kill now.
How 'bout some public humiliation Tommy? Like you want to place upon those young naive stupid 19-year olds from Georgia who ain't living with their mommies.
Tommy Fraud.
Ladd Fraud.
Black people don't care about sympathy votes. Chokwe Antar will finish in 6th place behind Lee, Yarber, Quinn, Priester, and Harvey.
YO! KF! A little help here...the word is that a local restaurant from Jackson is going to cater "a feast fit for a king" for up to 700 people at the convention center to feed and entertain all of our recently deceased mayors friends. They are boasting national AND international dignitaries will be in attendance. Um, who pays?
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