Dead mayor on ballot for Oklahoma municipal election

EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — Voters in an Oklahoma City suburb will choose a mayor Tuesday from two men who held the job before, except that one of them is dead.

Edmond city rules require that the name of late Mayor Charles Lamb, who died Dec. 11 while in office, must appear on Tuesday's ballot facing Dan O'Neil, who also served as mayor. Lamb came in second to O'Neil in February's primary .

If Lamb wins, the City Council would appoint a mayor.

When Lamb died, the deadline to remove his name from the ballot or to add anyone else had passed, according to city spokesman Casey Moore.

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