This morning over coffee, Steve Benjamin told me he expected Judge James Barber would postpone the District 2 election to replace E.W. Cromartie, and he was right.
This afternoon, the judge ruled against the April 6 date set by city council, and set it for June 15, according to several news sources. The State‘s Adam Beam Tweets that means “Filing March 29 to April 16; public notice of election on March 28 and April 4; election day June 15.”
Here’s a link to the judge’s ruling.
That should give the six or seven candidates seeking to replace the disgraced ex-councilman a decent amount of time to make their respective cases. Quoth the judge: “Citizens in this circumstance were disenfranchised completely by the compressed schedule established by defendant Council.”
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What is interesting is that Durham Carter is opposed to the June date. Durham is not a fan of EW and his ways, and conventional wisdom has the April election favoring the EW “machine.”
Durham is a great guy–a largely unsung local hero, btw.