Petitions of Nomination for Public Office

Petitions of Nomination for Public Office may be obtained from either the County Clerk or from the Office of the Municipal Clerk. Petitions to run as an independent candidate may only be obtained from the County Clerk's office. Petitions for School Board's may be obtained from your local School Board Secretary.

After petitions have been filed with the respective clerks and or the County Clerk, the County Clerk is responsible for the drawing of position for the primary ballot.

The County Clerk's office is responsible for the design, layout and preparation of the election ballot, the Absentee, Emergency, Provisional, Sample and Machine Ballots and the preparation of same for the printer.

The County Clerk's office inputs all information required to program voting machines with candidate's names, offices, titles, slogans and public questions in school, primary and general elections.