Election Commission wants city, county in line with state laws

Election Commission wants city, county in line with state laws
By ERIC SNYDER
The Leaf-Chronicle - Clarksville, TN

Hope you enjoyed the break, Clarksville and Montgomery County.

Another election year is approaching — including races for president, the state Senate and the School Board — and the Montgomery County Election Commission is trying to smooth a few things out.

After some confusion surrounding the 2006 elections for county offices, the Election Commission is pursuing an amendment to the city's and county's ordinances regarding campaign signs.

In those elections, the county Building and Codes Department, then led by former building commissioner Steve Miner, sent the candidates a letter advising them campaign signs couldn't be erected sooner than 60 days before the election and had to be removed five days after.

Vickie Koelman, administrator of elections with the Election Commission, said the letter resulted in two problems.

First, confused candidates were calling Koelman wondering what 'election day' referred to — the day of the final vote, or more...