Two candidates for the Jefferson County Board of Education filed campaign paperwork listing home addresses outside the districts they seek to represent, according to an analysis by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting.

District 3 candidate Gay Perry-Adelmann and District 5 candidate TraShaun Spencer listed addresses in the wrong districts when they filed with the Jefferson County Clerk's Office in early June. Perry-Adelmann's address is in District 2, while Spencer's is in District 1, according to the JCPS board district lookup tool and state law that reshaped the board's boundaries.

Kentucky state law requires school board members to live in the districts they represent. To address the eligibility questions, voters or opposing candidates can challenge either candidate's candidacy in circuit court, according to Taylor Brown, general counsel for the Kentucky State Board of Elections.

Spencer acknowledged she does not live in District 5, saying she misunderstood recent legislation and believed the residency requirement had been removed. As a Southern High School graduate, she said she wanted to run in that district because she had "more of a connection" to it. She has declined to withdraw from the race and said she also will apply for a vacant at-large seat on the board.

Perry-Adelmann did not respond to requests for comment.

The eligibility questions come as part of an unusual election shaped by Senate Bill 4, which reduced the JCPS board from seven members to five. Gov. Andy Beshear vetoed the measure, but Republican-dominated lawmakers overrode him.

All five newly drawn district seats are up for election this November. Perry-Adelmann's address would have matched District 3 under the previous board map, but the new boundaries placed her in District 2. Spencer's address falls in the wrong district under both old and new maps.

Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting verified that all other candidates listed home addresses within their respective districts.