City of DeSoto officials said no one on the council raised the issue of elections for the two seats during their 2009 meetings and no one realized the election was supposed to have been held until the state threatened the city with penalties, WALB-TV, Albany, Ga., reported Monday.
Councilwoman Addie Cutts said the Georgia Secretary of State's office told the council it will face violations including failing to publish public notice 30 days prior to the election, and failing to appoint an election superintendent if an election is not held by the new March deadline.
"We just forgot it, that's the only thing that happened we just forgot it," Cutts said of the skipped election.
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