Five people qualified this week to run in the Nov. 5 special election to fill the vacant Post 3 At-Large seat on the Atlanta City Council.
The Nov. 5 date is also the same date of the General Election when voters will elect the next president and their U.S. congressional representatives.
Those who qualified to run for the unexpired term of the citywide seat during the June 25-27 qualifying period are: Nicole Evans Jones, Devin Barrington-Ward, Duvwon Robinson, Amber Conner, and Eshé Collins.
A runoff for the city council post if necessary will be held Dec. 3.
Collins is a member of the Atlanta Board of Education and has said she would not be resigning from the school board seat while vying for the city council seat.
The city council special election became necessary after Keisha Sean Waites resigned from the city council in March to run for Fulton County Superior Court Clerk. Waites lost the Fulton race to incumbent Che’ Alexander.
Waites’ resignation also ignited an uproar on the city council over when the qualifying period should be to fill the vacancy.