Deadline for candidates to withdraw from ballot passes
Without anyone who received a nomination in the primary withdrawing their name from consideration, the ballot is set for the Nov. 8 municipal election in Fayette County.
The deadline for candidates nominated in the municipal primary to withdraw was Monday, and as of Monday afternoon no candidates had withdrawn, according to Larry Blosser, the head of the election bureau.
Blosser said one candidate had inquired about removing his name from the ballot, but he didn’t pick up the necessary paperwork to finish the process.
Blosser said in addition to working to finalize the candidates on the fall ballot, he will work toward adding the referendum question submitted by state Rep. Timothy Mahoney, D-South Union, regarding consolidating the administration of the county school districts.
Mahoney submitted the referendum by the Aug. 10 deadline and objectors have until Wednesday to file objections with the Fayette County Court. Blosser said as of Monday, no objections had been filed.
Mahoney plans to submit an independent study on the potential benefits of administrative consolidation within the next few weeks and is planning to hold various public meetings to discuss his proposal before the election.
Mahoney is seeking for voters to decide if they are in favor of dissolving the school boards and administrations of the county public schools and creating a countywide school board and administration to oversee the daily operations and finances of each independent school district.
If the referendum passes, it will be up to the individual school boards to implement the consolidation.
The November Fayette County ballot will include the offices of county commissioner in which Democrats Al Ambrosini and Vincent Zapotosky and Republicans Dave Lohr and Angela M. Zimmerlink are seeking the three positions.
Zapotosky and Zimmerlink are incumbents.
There will be a race for district attorney, as incumbent Jack R. Heneks Jr. is facing a challenge from John Cupp. While Heneks won the Democratic nomination, Cupp received the Republican nomination after receiving the necessary number of write-in votes.
Various row offices are also on the ballot, while most are unopposed.
Magisterial District Judge Wendy Dennis is facing a challenge from Douglas Giles of Farmington, who filed to run as an independent.