Mail-in candidate filing now open

Although official candidate filing date for this year's election is slated to begin May 12, candidates can now file by mail. Candidates can obtain filing forms from the auditor's elections office or from the Secretary of State's website and submit them by mail.

Candidates can call the elections office at 397- 5284 to obtain a form.

Election supervisor Debbie Hooper said the mailed filings will be numbered but will not be announced or officially registered until the official start of filing, May 12.

The May 12 date will be when the Secretary of State opens the on-line filing service, and candid...