The City of Troy and state election officials have different ideas of when and how to fill the seat of former Mayor Janice Daniels.

After Daniels' Nov. 6 recall, the City Council appointed Mayor Pro-Tem Dean Slater to fill her seat until the next scheduled election in November 2013. But state election officials challenged the length of the appointment, saying state law required a special election be held to fill the seat.

The special election would be in February and all candidates wanting to file candidacy forms have until Monday to do so.

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"We just want to abide by the law, whatever it is," he [Councilman Fleming] said. "We want to do the right thing, but it's not enough notice to vet people, or to even get their applications in. It would be very difficult to comply."

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