Candidate filing deadline is Aug. 10

November's election may seem a ways away but anyone planning on running for a seat on any of the local boards needs to submit their application for candidacy to the Registrar of Voters by Aug. 10.

According to the registrar's website, "It is the candidate’s responsibility to be certain he/she meets the qualifications for holding a particular office." Many districts are divided into smaller areas with a seat assigned to each area and so the candidate for that seat needs to live in that specific area.

The guidelines also say that no person is eligible to be elected or appointed to an elective office unless that person is a registered voter and otherwise qualified to vote for that office at the time nomination papers are issued.

For community planning group and school district seats, all documents are available only from the Registrar of Voters Office. For seats on special districts and municipal water districts, all documents are also available from the district office as well as the registrar.

The website continues, "Only the official documents may be used. Candidates or their authorized representatives will be given instructions on the procedures to be followed at the time nomination papers are issued. The documents must be filed only with the Registrar of Voters Office, no matter where they were obtained, by the filing deadline."

Candidates are advised "to obtain nomination papers early during the filing period and to file them well in advance of the filing deadline so that any potential problems may be corrected within the deadlines...As a service to candidates, the Registrar of Voters Office offers appointments to candidates for the filing of nominating documents. To schedule an appointment, a candidate may call (858) 505-7260 at least 24 hours in advance of the desired filing date."

For more information, including the Candidate Filing Guide, visit http://www.sdvote.com/content/rov/en/elections.html

Local board seats up for election Nov. 6 are:

Fallbrook Community Planning

James C. Russell

Eileen Delaney

Stephen E Brown

Ron Miller

Richard Billburg

Isaac Perez (Kim Murphy)

Jerry Kalman

Fallbrook Regional Health

Stephen Abbott

Howard Salmon

Gordon Tinker

Fallbrook Public Utility

Division 2 – Milton Davies

Division 5 – Charley Wolk

North County Fire Protection

Kenneth Munson

Kathleen Thuner

Rainbow Community Planning

Juanita F. Pearce

Jerri A. Arganda

Martin Aaron Kurland

Frederick Rasp

Vacant

Rainbow Municipal Water

Division 3 – Miguel Gasca (Appt.)

Division 4 – William Stewart

Bonsall Unified School

Timothy Coen

Lou Riddle

Sylvia Tucker

*Eric Ortega (Appt.) 2-year term

Fallbrook Union Elementary School

Darryl Buntin

Patricia de Jong

Patrick Rusnell

Fallbrook Union High School

Richard Goodlake

Sherry Ludwig

James O’Donnell

Vallecitos School

Sally Forester (Appt.)

Michael Darnley

Martin Kurland

*Paul Georgantas (Appt.) 2-year term