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Though Citizens Choice, the group that circulated the petition, thought they'd submitted their paperwork in ample time to meet statutory guidelines, it appears they did not do so.
Donald Montague, one of the three founding members, said the group submitted the petitions with 395 signatures to the city on July 26. That gave the city the needed 10 days it had to hold the petitions until they needed to be submitted to the county Board of Elections.
Montague said the members did not know about another period of up to 10 days that the Board of Elections had to certify the petitions.
During that period, said Terry Burton, director of the Board of Elections, officials made sure that petition had the required 275 valid signatures. Of those submitted, he said, 340 were valid.
