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Slay dirties his hands in 22nd Ward scuffle
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the time this hits the streets, round two of the battle to control the 22nd Ward will have begun. Today marks the end of the 20-day period that former Alderman Kenneth Jones and his allies, Democratic Committeepersons Fay Davis and Jay Ozier, are granted under the recall law to turn in additional petitions to recall Alderman Jeffrey Boyd. Under the recall provisions in the city charter, if the Board of Election Commissioners does not validate enough signatures in the initial 10-day period after the petitions are turned in, the petitioners are given an additional 20 days to make up the difference. Jones and his allies turned in more than 2,600 signatures. The Board of Elections validated more than 1,300 signatures, which included at least two people who were declared dead several years ago. This left a deficit of 254 signatures.