# Judge sought to remove JCPS school board candidate over residency **Published:** 2026-07-15T16:00:00.000Z **Source:** [KY Center for Investigative Reporting](https://www.lpm.org/investigate/2026-07-15/petition-filed-to-remove-jcps-school-board-candidate-from-ballot) **AI-generated:** yes (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) **Canonical:** https://feeds.lexingtonky.news/article/judge-sought-to-remove-jcps-school-board-candidate-over-residency A former Jefferson County school board member filed a legal challenge Tuesday asking a judge to remove District 3 candidate Gay Perry-Adelmann from November's ballot, claiming she does not meet state residency requirements. The petition, filed by James Craig, follows [an investigation by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting](https://www.lpm.org/investigate/2026-07-13/two-jcps-school-board-candidates-filed-in-wrong-districts) that found Perry-Adelmann listed an address in District 2 on her candidacy filing. State law requires school board candidates to live in the districts they seek to represent. According to election law experts, county clerks typically cannot remove candidates from ballots without a court order. Craig, who represented the northeastern portion of Jefferson County Public Schools for eight years before resigning in June, lives in District 3 and therefore has legal standing to bring the challenge in circuit court. Perry-Adelmann called the effort a "silly witch hunt" and maintains she meets all statutory requirements. "District 3 is my district, it's always been my district," she said. She intends to contest the challenge in court. Perry-Adelmann is a perennial candidate in Louisville-area races and runs [Dear JCPS](https://www.lpm.org/investigate/2026-07-15/petition-filed-to-remove-jcps-school-board-candidate-from-ballot), a website and Facebook group where she shares information and critiques of the state's largest school district. The investigation also found that District 5 candidate Shaun "TraShaun" Spencer filed outside the district where she resides. The residency dispute comes as [JCPS undergoes major restructuring](https://www.lpm.org/news/2026-04-02/kentucky-legislature-passes-bill-slimming-jcps-board-calls-for-new-election) under Senate Bill 4, which reduces the board from seven to five members and redraws district boundaries. Craig was one of two board members who publicly supported the reorganization. All five newly drawn district seats are up for election this November, with each race attracting at least three candidates. ## Sources - [KY Center for Investigative Reporting](https://www.lpm.org/investigate/2026-07-15/petition-filed-to-remove-jcps-school-board-candidate-from-ballot) - [Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting investigation of JCPS candidates](https://www.lpm.org/investigate/2026-07-13/two-jcps-school-board-candidates-filed-in-wrong-districts) - [Kentucky legislature passes bill restructuring JCPS board](https://www.lpm.org/news/2026-04-02/kentucky-legislature-passes-bill-slimming-jcps-board-calls-for-new-election) --- This article was generated by AI (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) based on source material from KY Center for Investigative Reporting, enriched with 2 web searches. The original source is available at https://www.lpm.org/investigate/2026-07-15/petition-filed-to-remove-jcps-school-board-candidate-from-ballot.