A part of what the Civics 101 column in the SCOOP is about sharing information with our readers on how politics can unfold and how elected officials get into office. There’s a list of ways in which a person can become an elected official, and most recently, in the Tuesday, November 8th election–we had some special elections thrown in the mix due to four city council members resigning their seats to make a run for Mayor. Philadelphia City Council President Darrell L. Clarke’s Communications Director, Joe Grace, gave the SCOOP the inside skinny on the next steps to get these newly elected councilpersons to work ASAP.
Joe Grace shared, “The four council members-elect were obviously elected Tuesday, November 8th. We have two new at-large members, that’s Jimmy Harrity and Sharon Vaughn. Those two were elected at large on Tuesday by the voters of the city. We also have two new members to fill the two vacant district seats. In the 7th district, Quetcy Lozada won. She was elected to fill the vacant seat created when Councilwoman Quinones Sanchez resigned to run for Mayor. In the 9th district up in the northwest, Anthony Phillips was elected to fill the vacancy created when council member Cherelle Parker resigned to run for Mayor. Those are the four people elected on Tuesday in the special election. The office of the City Commissioners now has to certify the election results. That happens in every election. Not just for a city council race, but that includes, for Governor, for U.S. Senator, for all the seats that were on the ballot Tuesday. The process for certifying election results takes a few weeks. No one can be sworn in until a race has officially been certified. The best guess right now is that sometime during that last week of November, the exact date isn’t certain yet–but sometime during the last week of November, the results will be certified officially by the City Commissioners’ office.
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