Kootenai County Clerk Cliff Hayes announced the opening of candidate filing for the May 15 Primary elections, in which there are many County level offices open. Offices with two year terms include: County Commissioner District 1 and Precinct Committeemen. Offices with four year terms include: County Commissioner District 3, County Prosecutor, and County Sheriff. Clerk Hayes pointed out “the May 15 Primary election is the first in which the Elections office has to verify whether a candidate’s party affiliation on the declaration matches the same party they stated on their voter registration”.  (Party choices are Constitution, Democratic, Libertarian and Republican.)  Filing deadline ends at 5 p.m. Friday, March 9/Kootenai Count Clerk news release. Full news release here.

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