diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 45c684e..8060614 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -44,5 +44,5 @@ jobs:
         - run: |
             cd services
             pip3 install -r requirements.txt
-            pylint services tests
+            flake8 services tests
             python3 -m unittest
diff --git a/services/README.md b/services/README.md
index 8984dc0..a3a1b53 100644
--- a/services/README.md
+++ b/services/README.md
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ Make code changes, then deploy them to AWS using the [infrastructure deployment
 
 ## Useful Commands
 
+ * `flake8` lint code
  * `python3 -m unittest` run unit tests
diff --git a/services/requirements.txt b/services/requirements.txt
index a17431b..0bf9bef 100644
--- a/services/requirements.txt
+++ b/services/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 appdirs==1.4.3
-astroid==2.5.1
 boto3==1.17.26
 botocore==1.20.26
 CacheControl==0.12.6
@@ -9,20 +8,20 @@ colorama==0.4.3
 contextlib2==0.6.0
 distlib==0.3.0
 distro==1.4.0
+flake8==3.9.0
 html5lib==1.0.1
 idna==2.8
-importlib-metadata==3.7.3
+importlib-metadata==3.8.1
 ipaddr==2.2.0
-isort==5.8.0
 jmespath==0.10.0
-lazy-object-proxy==1.6.0
 lockfile==0.12.2
 mccabe==0.6.1
 msgpack==0.6.2
 packaging==20.3
 pep517==0.8.2
 progress==1.5
-pylint==2.7.2
+pycodestyle==2.7.0
+pyflakes==2.3.1
 pyparsing==2.4.6
 python-dateutil==2.8.1
 pytoml==0.1.21
@@ -31,9 +30,7 @@ retrying==1.3.3
 s3transfer==0.3.4
 six==1.14.0
 toml==0.10.2
-typed-ast==1.4.2
 typing-extensions==3.7.4.3
 urllib3==1.25.8
 webencodings==0.5.1
-wrapt==1.12.1
 zipp==3.4.1
diff --git a/services/services/common/http_support.py b/services/services/common/http_support.py
index 4fbca33..fb86955 100644
--- a/services/services/common/http_support.py
+++ b/services/services/common/http_support.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Common HTTP Functionality
 """
 
+
 def cors_headers():
     """
     Return Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) HTTP Headers.
diff --git a/services/services/election/handlers/create.py b/services/services/election/handlers/create.py
index a61e87b..a5f9f5c 100644
--- a/services/services/election/handlers/create.py
+++ b/services/services/election/handlers/create.py
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 import json
 from services.common.http_support import cors_headers
-import boto3
+
 
 def handler(event, context):
     body = {
         "message": "POST executed successfully!",
         "input": event
     }
-
     response = {
         "statusCode": 200,
         "body": json.dumps(body),
diff --git a/services/services/election/handlers/delete.py b/services/services/election/handlers/delete.py
index 27ca32d..9b0f883 100644
--- a/services/services/election/handlers/delete.py
+++ b/services/services/election/handlers/delete.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import json
 
+
 def handler(event, context):
     body = {
         "message": "DELETE executed successfully!",
diff --git a/services/services/election/handlers/read.py b/services/services/election/handlers/read.py
index 2b6aee4..c64da95 100644
--- a/services/services/election/handlers/read.py
+++ b/services/services/election/handlers/read.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import json
 
+
 def handler(event, context):
     body = {
         "message": "GET executed successfully!",
diff --git a/services/services/election/handlers/update.py b/services/services/election/handlers/update.py
index 2cea3fd..f11047f 100644
--- a/services/services/election/handlers/update.py
+++ b/services/services/election/handlers/update.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import json
 
+
 def handler(event, context):
     body = {
         "message": "PUT executed successfully!",
diff --git a/services/setup.cfg b/services/setup.cfg
index 6fe85ee..09dac95 100644
--- a/services/setup.cfg
+++ b/services/setup.cfg
@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@ python_requires = >=3.6
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = services
+
+[flake8]
+exclude = .git,__pycache__,build,dist,venv
+show_source = True
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/tests/election/handlers/test_create.py b/services/tests/election/handlers/test_create.py
index 187d1df..f8ca838 100644
--- a/services/tests/election/handlers/test_create.py
+++ b/services/tests/election/handlers/test_create.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import unittest
 from services.election.handlers.create import handler
 
+
 class CreateTest(unittest.TestCase):
     """
     Election Creation Test Suite
@@ -26,5 +27,6 @@ def test(self):
         }
         self.assertEqual(handler({}, {}), expected)
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()