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Candidate filing for town elections begins January 7

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By JEFF SCHULTZ

Beginning Wednesday, January 7, Porter County residents living within town or city limits can file for candidacies in the upcoming 2015 municipal elections.

Indiana Election Division co-director Brad King said filing will begin Jan. 7 at county election offices. Prospective candidates will have until noon on Friday, Feb. 6 to turn in their CAN-42 forms declaring candidacy for municipal primary nomination.

The towns of Chesterton, Porter and Burns Harbor will each elect five town council members and a town clerk-treasurer.

In Chesterton and Porter all candidates must reside in the ward they intend to represent.

Beginning in 2015, Burns Harbor will no longer have individual wards. All five seats on its town council will be elected at-large. The change was approved by the town in 2012 after the 2010 census data showed that the current three wards could no longer be divided equally by population.

Candidates filing their CAN-42 forms will claim affiliation with the Democratic or Republican parties. Party affiliation is determined by which party a candidate voted for in the last primary election that he or she voted in.

However, a candidate not meeting this party affiliation requirement may run if the county party chairperson indicates that the candidate is a member of the party.

New this year for municipal elections, along with a CAN-42 the candidate will also need to complete and submit a CAN-12 form stating what their economic interests are.

Candidates are also required to file campaign finance reports by certain dates during the year.

Declaration of Candidacy CAN-42 forms for the 2015 municipal elections will be available soon on the Indiana Election Division’s website, www.in.gov/sos/elections. Forms will also be available in the Porter County Voter Registration office.

Filings will take place at the Voters Registration Office located at 155 Indiana Ave. in Room 105 of the County Administration Building. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Monday through Friday.

 

Posted 12/18/2014

 
 

 

 

 

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