Jasper County voters can expect an unusual ballot this April; Here's why
CARTHAGE, Mo. — On April 8, voters will head to the polls to decide the outcome of several municipal elections. But for some elections, choices will be limited.
County Clerk Charlie Davis says four Jasper County races won't have a candidate listed on the ballot.
That's because no one filed for the office.
Those races include city aldermen in Duenweg and Waco, a city council seat in Carterville, and Purcell city collector.
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When that happens, the county clerk's office then turns to the 'write-in' portion of the ballot.
Each name written on the ballot will then be tabulated, and the person with the most write-ins will be the winner.
Davis says that can become a time-consuming process.
'I'm glad that we don't have a full, state-wide race that had an open position, like the 9-1-1 board had last year, where we had over 460 names written in, and we actually had to write all of those names down and put them into the computer system and tally them. At least these are smaller towns,' said Davis.
In the event no names are written in, it will then be up to the individual city councils to appoint a person to fill the open seat.
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