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Constable of the Small Claims Court, Center Township

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1
Term
4 years
Candidates
2
Election
Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: The constable serves the papers and enforces the judgments of Center Township's small claims court.

Public safety

  • Melvin (Major) Hall, IIIndependent

    • Pledges drug screening for deputies at hire and randomly.
  • Kenneth AllenDemocratic

    • Supports background checks and drug screening for deputy constables.

Housing

Courts & justice

  • Melvin (Major) Hall, IIIndependent

    • Pledges body cameras on every eviction and service attempt.
    • Proposes serving papers at varied times with multilingual notices.
  • Kenneth AllenDemocratic

    • Pledges professional, humane enforcement of eviction orders.
    • Supports tracking which deputy serves each court paper.

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