- Local every day in
3 Candidates File as Write-Ins for Geneva Township Clerk
The race no one wanted to enter suddenly becomes a three-way sprint to the April 9 finish line.
When longtime Geneva Township Clerk Barb Olson decided not to seek re-election, who would have guessed the position would have so much interest and so many prospective candidates? Until the past couple days, probably no one. The clerk's position at first seemed to be a lock for Geoffrey M. Carriero, who submitted a petition with 162 signatures and was the only candidate to file for the post. But Carriero's petition was challenged by Geneva Township Trustee Robert Kovacs, who said 19 of the signatures on the petition were invalid, either because the signers weren't registered voters in Geneva Township or because the names were printed in block lettering rather than cursive. An election panel held up the challenge, and Carriero said he would…
Mike
7:23 am on Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Lots of interest here. What does the position pay???????????? Could be a stepping stone. All three write in Candidates? Voting for write in candidates is a wee bit tricky and most voters don't know how to do it so the candidates have to school the voter on how it actually works. Bon Voiage (my French is really bad) to Barbara who has been stellar. more ›