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Voting for School Board

August 26, 2008

Voting for the Farragut precinct is at the Admiral Manor on September 9th from noon to 8 p.m. Please call the school if you need directions. Voting districts available:

District 1: Rob Lightfoot 9/09
District 2: Kelly Carey - 9/08
District 3: Staci Scroggie - 9/08
District 4: Dee Owen - 9/08
District 5: Jeff McQueen 9/10
District 6: Monica Whitehead 9/10
District 7: Bob Lynn 9/09

Becoming a Candidate

Iowa school board members are elected for three-year terms by the citizens of each school district. A regular school board election is held annually in each Iowa school district on the second Tuesday in September. (September 12, 2006)

Eligibility: Any person who is a citizen of the United States, 18 years of age or older, a resident of the school district and eligible to be registered to vote may become a candidate for the school board.

Nominations: Nomination petitions for the office of school board member must be filed with the school board secretary not more than 64 nor less than 40 days prior to the regular election. (In 2006, the first day to file papers is July 10. The last day to file papers is August 3.) The process for filing nomination petitions is as follows:

Request the original nomination petition from the school board secretary.

Obtain the nomination signatures of 1 percent of the eligible electors of the district or 50 eligible electors of the district, whichever is less, but at least 10 signatures. (If board members are elected by director district, rather than at-large, signers of the nomination petitions must reside in the same district as the candidate.) A person may sign nomination petitions for more than one candidate for the same office.

Attach an affidavit acknowledging the candidate’s eligibility.

File the petition with the school board secretary prior to 5 p.m. on the 40th day (August 3, 2006) preceding the election.

Each candidate is assured a place on the ballot by successfully filing the completed nomination petition. A candidate’s name may be withdrawn from the ballot after the completed petition is filed by submitting a written statement to that effect with the school board secretary more than 35 days before the election. (August 8, 2006)

An individual may, however, be elected as a write-in candidate. Space must be provided on the ballot for write-in candidates. The write-in candidate is not required to file a nomination petition.

Information Courtesy IASB.