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2008 Candidate Filing Information
GENERAL GUIDELINES
Candidates for public office may be nominated either by political party nomination or independent nomination. Democratic and Republican candidates must run in the primary and may file by either fee or petition. Candidates of other recognized parties (currently, Libertarian and Reform) do not run in the primary, but are nominated for the general election by the party’s caucus or convention. Independent candidates do not run in the primary and may file for the general election only by petition. All non-federal candidates must pay report fees, appoint treasurers and file periodic campaign finance reports.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
General Election
Candidates for president and vice president must file and run as teams. They do not appear on the August primary ballot. Party candidates are nominated at national party conventions. Independent candidates are nominated by petitions containing 5,000 valid signatures of qualified voters. [KSA 25-303(b)] Write-in candidates must file an affidavit of write-in candidacy with the Secretary of State’s office by noon October 27, 2008. [KSA 25-305(b)]
2008 Election Information
Primary Election - Tuesday, August 5 |
General Election - Tuesday, November 4 |
Candidate Filing Deadlines
Primary Election: Noon, Tuesday, June 10 |
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Independent Nominations: Noon, Monday, August 4 |
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Offices to be elected or retained |
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U.S. President/Vice President |
2 Kansas Supreme Court Justices |
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One US Senator |
4 Kansas Court of Appeals Judges |
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All four US Representatives |
District Court Judges (60 retained, 44 elected) |
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All 40 State Senators |
District Magistrate Judges (20 retained, 38 elected) |
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All 125 State Representatives |
All six District Attorneys (DG,JO,RN,SG,SN,WY) |
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State Board of Education (#2,4,6,8,10) |
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CANDIDATES:DEMOCRATICUnited States Senate: Lee Jones, 9220 Westbrooke Dr, Overland Park 66214 REPUBLICANUnited States Senate: Pat Roberts, 2309 Fairway Dr Apt B, Dodge City KS 67801 DEMOCRATICCounty Attorney: Lawrence P. Daniels, 1501 Avenue A, Dodge City 67801 REPUBLICANCounty Commissioner-District 2: T. Kim Goodnight, 11028 Iron Road, Dodge City 67801 |
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Independent candidates may file for office only by petition. Upon filing a valid petition and paying the GEC/SOS fee, the candidate's name will be placed directly on the general ballot. An independent candidate must be registered as an unaffiliated voter. Percent requirements for petitions are based upon the total number of registered voters in the district as provided by.[KSA 25-205] and [KSA 25-303]
FILING CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS
The Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission (GEC) oversees campaign finance and ethics laws for the State of Kansas. This agency monitors the campaign finance and other reports submitted by state elected officials and candidates. Before receiving or spending any funds in a political campaign, a candidate must file an appointment of treasurer form with the Secretary of State. [KSA 25-4144] This form must be filed within 10 days after the candidate has filed for office, if not before. GEC provides these forms to candidates. Candidates must file campaign finance reports by the dates listed below. Reports must include contributions and expenditures of candidates for that reporting period. Information and forms are available online at the www.kansas.gov/ethics.
Candidates for local offices file reports with the county election officer pursuant to KSA 25-4148 and KSA 25-901.
Deadlines for filing campaign finance reports
KSA 25-4148
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January 10, 2008 |
January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007 |
July 28, 2008 |
January 1 through July 24, 2008 |
October 27, 2008 |
July 25 through October 23, 2008 |
January 10, 2009 |
October 24 through December 31, 2008 |
Candidates for national office file reports with the Federal Election Commission pursuant to federal law. Information is available online at www.fec.gov.
Prepared by the Office of Kansas Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh, 1st Floor Memorial Hall, Topeka, KS 66612-1594
785-296-4561 http://www.kssos.org/ Rev 08/07
