Candidate Challenged

Lenoir City attorney, James Scott, has filed a complaint with the Loudon County Election Commission claiming that one candidate who has qualified to run for city council is not actually eligible to be on the ballot. Scott maintains that candidate David Cole does not meet the one year residency requirement in the city charter.

Article 3, Section 4 of the charter states,

The election commission will take up the matter in a meeting to be announced.

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8/25/14