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City Council sets District 5 special election for May 22
Mayor objects, says timing shortchanges democratic process
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District 1 Councilman Phil Boyum, left, and Mayor Jonathan McCollar
Candidates to fill the District 5 Statesboro City Council vacancy will need to qualify March 2628 after the four remaining council members unanimously voted to call the special election for May 22. The resignation last week of Travis Chance, who had been District 5 council member for 10 years, created the vacancy. Chance is now running for a Bulloch County Board of Commissioners seat. During Tuesday morning's council-called special meeting, Mayor Jonathan McCollar spoke in opposition to holding the special city election May 22, the date of the county and state primary. He instead favored holding the Statesboro District 5 special election Nov. 6, with the statewide general election.
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