Princeton's two incoming council members will wait at least an extra week to take office.
The city on Wednesday canceled the special meeting it had set for 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 9, to canvass the Nov. 3 election, along with the 5 p.m. ceremony that day to swear in the winners. A notice from the City Secretary's Office says Collin County Elections needs more time to finish processing and verifying provisional ballots from Tuesday's election.
The canvass, the council's formal vote declaring the official results, is now planned for a special meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at a time still to be set, at City Hall, 2000 E. Princeton Drive.
The cancellation notice says the swearing-in will be rescheduled after the canvass, and a separate quorum notice posted Wednesday lists the oath ceremony for Places 6 and 7 on Nov. 17 as well, with the time to be determined.
What is waiting on the canvass
In the county's unofficial count, Sumbel "Susan" Zeb won Place 6 with 3,735 votes, or 53.44%, to 3,254 for Kenneth Seligman. DeShawyna Walker was unopposed for Place 7 and received 4,610 votes. The canceled agenda showed the council would have adopted Ordinance No. 2026-11-09 declaring those results.
Countywide, the elections office's preliminary reconciliation sheet estimated 3,755 of them.
Monday's regular meeting stays on
The council's regular Nov. 9 meeting is not affected, the notice says. The posted agenda starts with a pre-council session at 6 p.m., where the council is set to recognize outgoing council members and hear a presentation on a request for proposals for an organizational efficiency and staffing study, followed by the regular meeting at 6:30 p.m.
