Special election set Sept. 8 to fill rest of late mayor's term
By T&D Staff Tuesday, June 23, 2009A special election to fill the remaining two years of the late Zelda Pelzer's four-year term as mayor of Bowman has been scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 8, Howard Jackson, Orangeburg County Voter Registration and Elections director, announced Monday.
Pelzer died June 11 at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston following an extended illness.
Eligible candidates must reside within the city limits of Bowman. The filing period will begin at noon on Friday, July 10, and close at noon on Friday, July 24.
All candidates must file a Statement of Candidacy, Statement of Economic Interest Form and pay a $4.00 filing fee with the Bowman town clerk at Bowman Town Hall, 131 Poplar St., Bowman.
If only one person files for the office and no one files a declaration to be a write-in candidate with the Municipal Election Commission within 14 calendar days after the filing period closes (by noon on Aug. 7), the election will be held and the person who filed will be declared the winner.
Any person wishing to register to vote in the election must do so no later than Aug. 8.
The polls will be open on Sept. 8 from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. at Bowman Town Hall.
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