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Filing for Office |
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Filing for office
takes place beginning the first Monday in June of each year and ends the
following Friday.
A filing fee of 1% of the annual salary
of the office is normally required at the time of filing.
This
may vary depending on the office sought or the amount of
compensation paid. |
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Primary Elections |
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| Partisan
Offices |
A Primary election is
held for each partisan office regardless of the number of candidates
filing. Names of candidates for County Commissioner appear ONLY
on the ballots within
their commissioner district in Primary
elections. |
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| Judicial Offices
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Offices of Justice of the
Supreme Court and Judge of the Superior Court always appear on
Primary election ballots. |
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| Non-partisan
Offices |
Candidates not affiliated
with a party are only shown on the Primary ballot if at least 3
people
file for the same office. Their names are not rotated on
the Primary election ballot. |
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Order of Appearance on the Ballot |
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| Partisan and Judicial
Offices |
Names of partisan
candidates will be rotated on ballots in the Primary if two or more
candidates file
for the same
office. |
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| Nonpartisan
Offices |
| Candidates are chosen by
lot on the last day of filing. |
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| Sample and Absentee
Ballots |
On all sample and
absentee ballots, all candidates' names shall appear in an order
determined
by lot. The lot drawing is done after the close of
business on the last day of filing
week. |
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General Elections |
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| Appearance of
Names |
| The name of the candidate
who received the greatest number of votes and the candidate who
received the next greatest number of votes appear on the General
election ballot and in that order. |
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| Judicial
Offices |
| If a candidate in a
contested race for the office of Superior Court Judge receives a
majority of all the votes cast for that office, only the name of
that candidate is printed on the General election. |
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| Partisan
Offices |
Candidates of the
political party receiving the highest number of votes for president
of the United
States, at the last presidential election, appear
first in General elections. The candidates of the other major
political parties follow according to the votes cast for president
at the last presidential election. |
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