Five candidates now qualified for two Crossville city council slots

And then there were five:

Two city council seats are up for election on the November 8 ballot and the deadline for candidates to qualify is August 18 at noon.

Candidates who have qualified as of July 5, 2016 include:

1) J. H. Graham, former mayor and councilman
2) Robert E. Rob Harrison, 
3) Terri L. Manning
4) Jeanette W. Parsons
5) Scot Shanks

Additional potential candidates who have taken out petitions but not turned them in yet include:

1) Barry Field (Field actually lives outside of the city limits and appears to be ineligible to run.)  
2) Jesse Kerley, currently holding one of the council seats up for election
3) Jack E. Miller, former Crossville city manager

Candidates who qualify do have a week after the August deadline to remove thier name form consideration if they choose to do so.

Crossville city council election update--Two petitions already returned

The deadline to qualify to have a name put on the November 2016 ballot for Crossville city council is still 2 months off, but at least two candidates have turned in their petitions already.

According to the Cumberland County election commission, former mayor J. H. Graham and first time candidate Terri Manning have both turned in their petitions.

Others who have taken out petitions include incumbent councilman Jesse Kerley, Barry Field and Jeanette Parsons.  No additional candidates have taken out petitions.

The deadline to turn in petitions with necessary signatures to the election commission office is August 18 at Noon.

Many may not realize that signatures on election petitions become public records.

When you sign an official election petition, whether it is in support of a candidate getting their name on the ballot or in support of the recall efforts currently going on in the city of Crossville, those petitions and your name and address information become public records once those petitions are turned in to the election commission.

Many people may not realize that their information can be seen by others when they sign these forms. These documents become public records in order to keep the process open and transparent.

The local election office explained that anyone who inspects or gets copies of these documents must give their name for a request to see them and that also becomes public record as well.