An indicted school board member may face opposition in November. Dougherty County elections officials must determine if an Albany man is qualified to run as an Independent in November.
Terrance Wilson hopes to challenge Velvet Riggins for the District three seat.
Riggins is currently suspended awaiting trial in a school lunch fraud case and won't be allowed to return to the board if she's convicted.
Terrance Wilson, a leasing agent for Jordan's Crossing, owned by Greater 2nd Mount Olive Baptist, is trying to get on the November ballot to run as an Independent against Velvet Riggins for the Dougherty County School Board district three seat.
He says he filed all the appropriate paperwork and turned in his nomination petitions on time. Election officials will have to determine whether he did in fact qualify.
And it's questionable whether Riggins will even be able to run.
Governor Nathan Deal suspended her last month pending the outcome of her criminal case. Riggins was indicted in April on felony charges for school lunch fraud.
No one has been appointed to her seat. And if she's found not guilty, she'll return to the board. If she's convicted, she won't be able to run for re-election and Wilson could run un-opposed. Velvet Riggins is scheduled to go on trial September 17th.
On Monday, Lorenzo Heard, the pastor of that same church, turned in petitions to run as an independent against Lane Price in November.
Price beat incumbent Anita Williams-Brown in the Democratic primary for the at large seat on the school board.
However, it's questionable whether he turned in the appropriate documents by the deadline.
The chairman of the board of elections says they're still gathering the facts and the board will ultimately vote on whether Heard qualified.
The board is scheduled to meet August 15th, but they could call a special meeting before then.
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