Politics & Government
City to Move Up Qualifying Period for Candidates
City leaders are deciding how soon to move up the qualifying deadline for commission candidates in the November election during Thursday's meeting (6:30 p.m. at City Hall).
Leaders have to bump up the qualifying deadline for the city election; it’s just a matter of how soon.
City Clerk Denise Schlegel told commissioners earlier this month that keeping the Aug. 13 deadline would cause Dunedin to miss the Pinellas County Supervisor of Election's ballot language deadline (Aug. 3). The election is Nov. 6.
She gave commissioners two options for moving up the deadline:
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- July 2 to 16 (moves it up 21 business days)
- July 16 to 30 (moves it up 10 business days)
Julie Ward Bujalski said given the short notice, she thought giving the "longest time available for people to qualify is the fairest thing to do."
Officials make a final decision this Thursday during the city commission meeting (6:30 p.m., ).
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Whichever qualifing period is passed, Schlegel said she would like to revisit Dunedin's deadlines after the election. She wants them to coincide with the state, federal and county deadlines, which fell between June 4 and 8 this year (or the 155th to the 151st day before the election).
: Mayor, Commission Seat No. 1 and Commission Seat No. 3.
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