Assessor of Property Race May Be Contested

The Assessor of Property race may be contested in the March 6th DeKalb County Democratic Primary.
Incumbent Timothy (Fud) Banks, Scott Cantrell, and Jonathan Bryan Keith have picked up qualifying petitions from the DeKalb County Election Commission Office. Candidates for this office and all seven constable positions have to be qualified to run by noon on Thursday, December 8.
The term of each office is four years.
Incumbent fourth district constable Paul Cantrell and fifth district constable Mark Milam have turned in their qualifying petitions to seek re-election. Others who have picked up petitions for constable are Incumbent Johnny King in the seventh district, Incumbent Wayne Vanderpool in the third district, and Richard Bullard in the sixth district.
While the local Democratic Party will be selecting its nominees through the primary process, the DeKalb County Republican Party will choose any nominees it has by convention.
“Petitions can be picked up for all of the local offices on the March ballot,” said Dennis Stanley, Administrator of Elections. The qualifying deadline is NOON, December 8, 2011. The same
qualifying deadline will apply to the Republican Party nominees (chosen by caucus) and Independent candidates.
Any Republican and Democratic nominees for the offices of Assessor of Property and Constable will face off in the August 2012 DeKalb County General Election.