KEY DATESKey election dates for Aug. 7:• Thursday, noon: Candidate deadline to file qualifying paperwork for Aug. 7 general election• April 10: Withdrawal deadline• July 8: Deadline to register for August election• July 18: First day of early voting• Aug. 2: Last day of early voting• Aug. 7: Election daySource: Sequatchie County Election Commission
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one in a series of stories on contested races in area county primary elections.
Potential candidates for nonpartisan elected offices in Sequatchie County, Tenn., have until noon Thursday to file qualifying papers to run on the August ballot, election officials said.
As of last Friday, qualifying papers had been filed making contested races for road superintendent, sheriff and County Commission districts 1, 2, 5, 6 and 9.
But there are other potential challengers for those and other seats, according to election records and Administrator of Elections Jerrie Hickey.