October 14, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
The Election Commission has already issued three qualifying petitions for the March 3 DeKalb County Democratic Primary.
Administrator Dennis Stanley confirms that Waylon Kyle in the 1st district, Mark Milam in the 5th district, and Johnny King in the 7th district picked up petitions Monday for the office of Constable. Milam and King are incumbent constables planning to seek re-election.
Today (Monday) is the first day potential candidates running for Constable and Assessor of Property next March may obtain a petition.
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 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:
First day to pick up petitions—October 14
Qualifying deadline—Noon December 12
Voter registration deadline—February 3, 2020
Early Voting period—Feb. 12 through February 25, 2020