Lance Dahl Tennyson, 34, of 1955 Adams Road, Oakland, has filed qualifying papers as an independent candidate in a Nov. 5 special election for Tallahatchie County prosecuting attorney.
Tennyson submitted a Qualifying Statement of Intent and a petition of required signatures to the circuit clerk’s office in Charleston on Aug. 21.
The Tallahatchie County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 5 appointed Tennyson to serve as interim prosecuting attorney pending the election.
Supervisors had declared the prosecutor’s office vacant after incumbent Carol Turner Felty, 48, placed her license to practice law on inactive status with The Mississippi Bar.
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Qualifying deadlines for special elections for Tallahatchie County prosecuting attorney, justice court judge in the 1st Judicial District, constable in the 2nd Judicial District and a West Tallahatchie school board post in Education District 3 are next Thursday, Sept. 5, at 5 p.m.
The deadline to qualify as a candidate for regular school board elections in Education District 4 and Education District 9, seats on the West and East Tallahatchie school boards, respectively, is a day later — Friday, Sept. 6, at 5.
There is no qualifying fee, but a Qualifying Statement of Intent and a petition bearing the signatures of a specific number of registered voters living within the boundaries of the office being sought are required. Fifty signatures are mandated for all of the petitions except that for the justice judge seat, which requires only 15 signatures.
Property formatted petition forms are available from the circuit clerk’s offices in Charleston (662-647-8758) and Sumner (662-375-8515).
