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"A Fairfield city councilor who is challenging the Aug. 23 municipal election believes as many 30 people were denied the right to vote.Gloria Matthews lost her District 2 seat to Susan Parks by 59 votes.This week, she filed an election challenge in court.Her attorney Calvin Biggers said they have found more than a dozen people who never received the absentee ballot they requested.\"We feel that there are at least 30 votes out there like that. Thirty votes for Ms. Matthews would mean there would be a runoff election between Ms. Matthews and the first-place finisher,\" Biggers said.Biggers believes there is enough evidence to put Matthews on the runoff ballot or force the city to hold a special election.\"We believe that this is one of those unique instances which the process was so flawed that yes, looking at the possibility at another election is something certainly within the court\u2019s ambit and their authority,\" Biggers said.Mayor Kenneth Coachman\u2019s assistant has said they handled all absentee ballots and ballot applications by the letter of the law.A hearing in the election challenge is scheduled for Monday in Bessemer.The Secretary of State\u2019s office is also investigating misconduct claims related to Fairfield\u2019s municipal election."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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