A special election for the Ward 1 council position is officially slated for Sept 24.
Councilmen set the date in a special-call meeting Wednesday at City Hall, more than a week after Ward 1 Councilman Gene Taylor passed away. The deadline for candidates to qualify is 5 p.m. Sept. 4 at the city registrar’s office.
Taylor, who was serving in his fourth term, passed away Aug. 5 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. His unexpired term runs through June 2021.
Candidates must live in Ward 1 and submit a petition signed by at least 50 registered voters residing in the ward.
The council also unanimously voted to change a polling location of Ward 1 from National Guard Armory to Southside Missionary Baptist Church at 100 Nashville Ferry Road E. Other Ward 1 polling places are Townsend Park, 826 15th St. S.; and William Washington Terrace, 2201 Eighth Ave. S.
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