City of Chester will hold a special election for city council seat
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The city of Chester will hold a special election Oct. 27 to fill a city council seat representing Ward IV.
Filings to run for the city council seat will open Aug. 14, according to Karen Roach, director of the Chester County Board of Elections and Registration. Filings will close Aug. 24.
Candidates must live within Ward IV, Roach said.
The seat was left open after a judge ordered Councilman William R. King II to forfeit his seat last week. King had filled one of the two Ward IV seats since his election in 2017.
At Monday’s Chester City Council meeting, Mayor Wanda Stringfellow made a statement declaring King’s seat officially vacant.
Judge William A. McKinnon ruled Aug. 7 that King had to forfeit his council seat, following an ongoing lawsuit filed in 2018.
King was sued by the nonprofit Chester Citizens for Ethical Government, who alleged he was not qualified to hold public office.
Court records show he had been found guilty of a felony in 2004 but was pardoned in 2018 -- after the election.
Judge William A. McKinnon ruled Friday that King “was not qualified to be a candidate for city council at the time he was elected and he, therefore, must forfeit his office,” due to his felony charges at the time of his election.
