Special election to replace the late Mike Edmondson on Muscogee school board is set
The special election to determine who will replace the late Mike Edmondson on the Muscogee County School Board will be June 15, the Muscogee County Board of Elections and Registration announced Thursday.
Edmondson was the District 2 representative on the nine-member school board when he died from cancer Feb. 10.
The elections board called for the following schedule to fill the school board’s vacancy:
- April 6-8 for the dates that candidates can register to qualify on the ballot. Qualifying will run from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the City Services Center, 3111 Citizens Way, in Columbus. The qualifying fee is $135.
- May 17 for the voter registration deadline.
- May 24 for the first day of early voting in the City Services Center and the first day to issue mail-in ballots.
- June 11 for the last day to request a mail-in ballot.
- June 15 for in-person voting at the five voting precincts in District 2: Britt David, Cornerstone, St. Mark, St. Peter and Wynnbrook. The elections board will be identifying a new location for the St. Mark precinct, director Nancy Boren told the Ledger-Enquirer.
State law requires the elections board to set a special election date within 30 days of when the vacancy was created. The election can’t be conducted less than 29 days from the date of that decision.
Elections are authorized to be scheduled only on certain dates. The next available date is March 15, but that wouldn’t provide enough time for candidates to qualify and for the election to be prepared and conducted, Boren said. The next available date is June 15. The other options this year are in September and November.
Edmondson won the 2018 runoff against Bart Steed for the District 2 seat after incumbent John Thomas didn’t run for re-election. The winner of the special election would fill the remainder of the four-year term until the seat is up for election in 2022.
This story was originally published February 24, 2021 at 12:45 PM.
