Only two candidates qualified before the deadline and participated in the recent municipal election in Braxton. Incumbents Mayor Mable Everett and Alderwoman Georgia Smith were the only candidates to qualify, leaving four positions on the Board of Aldermen available.
According to the Secretary of State’s Municipal Election Handbook, the governing authorities must enter an order on the official minutes requiring an election to be held in the municipality to fill the vacancy and fixing a date upon which such election will be held.
Mayor Mable Everett and the staff at City Hall explained the process moving forward. The board consisting of Everett and Smith met following the expiration of the term. They scheduled a special election for August, and the qualifying period was held in July. No candidates came forward during the qualification period for the special election, leaving the city to face the same problem.
It is understood that now the decision falls to Mayor Mable Everett and Alderwoman Georgia Smith to appoint members to the Braxton Board of Aldermen.
Jessica Allen, Patricia Henderson, Jerry Wayne Everett, and Kathryn McMillan previously held the vacant aldermen positions.
