A judge ordered a DeKalb city employee Thursday to testify how she collected City Council incumbent Scott McAdams’ candidacy papers in December, the latest as an appeal to oust McAdams from the April 4 ballot comes down to the wire.

On Tuesday, 217 candidates will run in 71 different races for an elected office somewhere in DeKalb County, but it’s likely that fewer than 20% of eligible voters will cast a ballot, election officials said.

All five candidates seeking a Genoa-Kingston School District 424 school board seat through the April 4 Consolidated Election recently pitched themselves to voters in a Genoa Area Chamber of Commerce candidate questionnaire.