Judge Sets Town Council Election for November 6

By GEORGE SOUTHERN
Cape Charles Wave

August 7, 2012

Cape Charles will hold a special election November 6 to select a replacement for the late Town Councilman-elect Donald L. Clarke.

The winner of the election will serve a term of approximately three years and eight months, until July 1, 2016.

Clarke was elected to Town Council May 1, but passed away on June 13. He was due to take office July 1.

The special election was ordered by  Northampton County Circuit Court Judge W. Revell Lewis, III, and was in response to a petition filed by the Town Council.

Persons wishing to run in the special election must file their candidacy at least 81 days prior to the November election, making the filing deadline August 17 at 5 p.m.

The November 6 Special Election will be held concurrent with the Presidential election, so the Town will not incur any extra election expense.

Town Council elected Larry Veber on July 12 to fill the vacancy created by Clark’s passing. Veber’s interim term will expire when the winner of the November 6 election is sworn in.

Any qualified voter in the Town of Cape Charles is eligible to run for election.

Judge Lewis also ordered that a referendum be placed on the November 6 ballot for Northampton County voters to decide whether to elect the county school board. The question on the ballot will be: ELECTION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD “Shall the method of selecting the school board be changed from appointment by the governing body to direct election by the voters?”