Alexandria went from having no one showing interest in being its next mayor to having a contested mayoral race this summer.

The race will be a write-in contest, meaning voters will have to write-in the candidate name on their ballot this August in order for it to count.
One of those now putting his name forward is present Alexandria Mayor Bennett Armstrong who had at first indicated he did not intend to seek another term. He has since changed his mind but not in time to make it to the official ballot which closed for qualifying on April 5.

Along with Armstrong, another candidate has stepped up for consideration by the Alexandria voters this August. The candidate, Donna Davis has told the election commission she wants to get in the mayor’s race in the small DeKalb County hamlet.

While seeking office, neither will show up on the ballot. Since they came out after the qualifying deadline they will be write-in candidates. Actually, only Lloyd Dyer, candidate for Alexandria alderman, will appear on the official ballot. He faces no opposition and is in need of fellow candidates since there are several open city aldermanic posts up for election this year which have no candidates.

The pair are on the ballot because they contacted the election commission and told them they wanted their write-in votes counted. Those interested in write-in candidacy can request their votes be counted up until 50 days before election.