November 21, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
A total of six constable candidates have now picked up qualifying petitions for the March 3 DeKalb County Democratic Primary.
The latest is Darrell Johnson who is seeking his party’s nomination for constable in the 2nd district
The other five as WJLE has previously reported are Waylon Kyle in the 1st district, Paul Cantrell in the 4th district, Mark Milam in the 5th district, Jason Brown in the 6th district, and Johnny King in the 7th district. Cantrell, Milam and King are incumbents seeking re-election.
All but Johnson and Brown have already returned their petitions to the election commission in order to become a qualified candidate.
Meanwhile Tom Duggin, as WJLE previously reported, has picked up and returned his petition to seek the Democratic nomination for Assessor of Property in the March 3 primary. He is now a qualified candidate.
Local primaries will be held in conjunction with the Presidential Preference Primary on March 3.
“The DeKalb County Democratic Party will hold a primary for the office of Assessor of Property and Constable in all seven districts,” said Administrator of Elections Dennis Stanley. “The Republican Party will select their nominees for those offices by caucus.” In addition, both local parties will hold a primary for the office of Criminal Court Judge Part II in the 13th Judicial District.
“I understand it can be a little confusing to the voters and candidates,” Stanley said, “but in simple terms Democratic candidates for Assessor of Property, Constable and Circuit Court Judge must qualify by petition and they are now available. Republican candidates for Circuit Court Judge only must qualify by petition. The other offices are chosen by another party method.”
He also reminded potential Independent candidates that they must qualify by the petition process and can obtain a petition beginning at the same time, even though they would not appear on the ballot until August.
Here are the key dates for the March 3, 2020 election:
Qualifying deadline—Noon December 12
Voter registration deadline—February 3, 2020
Early Voting period—Feb. 12 through February 25, 2020