Local School Board in athens County, Maine

A Candidate must be at least 18 years of age and a resident and voter in the electoral district which the candidate seeks to represent as of the date that the candidate files nomination petitions in the year of the election.

Collect at least 150 signatures. Petitions are available from the Department of the Secretary of State, Division of Elections, located at the Burton M. Cross State Office Building, 4th floor, 111 Sewall Street, Augusta, Maine. You may pick up the petitions in person, have another person obtain them for you or have the petitions mailed to you. You may begin circulating petitions January 1st. Signers must be Maine registered voters of the electoral district of the candidate and enrolled in the party named in the petition. Have each petition verified by its circulator - the "Circulator's Oath" must be completed on each petition. Have all signatures certified by the applicable registrar of voters prior to filing with the Secretary of State. Sign the "Candidate's Consent" section of the Candidate's Consent and Certification of Enrollment (a separate form from the petition) before a Notary Public. Have the Registrar of Voters in the municipality where you are registered to vote complete the "Certification of Candidate Enrollment" which is now printed as part of the Candidate's Consent and Certification of Enrollment form. Present the petitions and the "Candidate's Consent and Certification of Enrollment" to the Secretary of State for review on or before 5 p.m., March 15 of the election year. If you wish to be a non-party candidate and are enrolled in a party, you must withdraw from that party on or before March 1st of the election year or by the date you file your petitions, if earlier, and must not have changed parties after January 1st. You must collect at least 300 signatures. Petitions must be submitted to your municipal registrar of voters for certification by 5:00 p.m. on May 25th, and then must be filed with the Secretary of State on or before 5:00 p.m. on June 1st.

Submit paperwork to the County Commissioners' office.