Mr. Hougland, that’s too much like right. If we use the actual charter and election rules as they stand, how can we muddy the water? This whole fiasco is a prime example of what is wrong in local politics…meanwhile, taxpayers suffer.

Tallahassee City Charter Sec. 7-5. – Candidates for nomination to office of mayor or city commissioner; eligibility, petition or filing fee requirement, oath.

(a) Any person who is a resident of the city and is a qualified elector therein may become a candidate for nomination to the office of mayor or city commissioner for the city by taking and subscribing to an oath or affirmation in substantially the following form and filing the same as provided by state law.

The Charter requires a candidate to be a resident of the City in order to become a candidate for City Commissioner.

Supervisor of Elections
Tallahassee City Commissioner: Candidate must reside in city at time of qualifying.

QUALIFYING DATES Noon, June 20 – Noon, June 24, 2016

In order to become a candidate, a person must file paperwork including a sworn oath with the Supervisor of Elections Office to “qualify” in June. If a candidate does not qualify, their name does not appear on the ballot.

So…Maddox swore under oath that he resided in the City in June, 2016 so that his name would appear on the Ballot.