You may have heard Cape Vincent Town Board Member Mickey Orvis has resigned.
You may be thinking that this a good thing, but is it?
The timing of Mickey’s resignation does not leave very much of a window for a republican candidate to run for the position.
The issue at hand is that in order for a Republican candidate to be placed on the ballot there has to be enough time for petitions to be circulated in order to get on the ballot. The deadline for a petition to be submitted is July 12, that allows seven days for a candidate to decide they want to run and to gather signatures to be put on the ballot. (Seven days is legally considered enough time)
If Mickey had resigned seven days from now there would not be enough time to circulate a petition and the board could appoint a new board member to complete Mickey’s full term which ends January 14, 2014.

Do you think the Local Democrats have a candidate ready?