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School Board Nominating Petitions Available - Five Seats to Be Elected at Woodland District 50

Five seats on the seven-member Board of Education for the Woodland C.C. School District #50 will be filled at the April 4, 2017 election. There are four seats for four-year terms, or until April, 2021 and one unexpired seat for a two-year term, or until April 2019.

To be eligible to serve, a school board member must be, on the date of election, a citizen of the United States, at least 18 years old, a resident of the State of Illinois and the school district for at least one year immediately preceding the election, a registered voter, be neither a school trustee nor a school treasurer, and not be a child sex offender as defined in State law.

Nominating petition forms for the April 4, 2017 School Board election for Woodland will be available starting Monday, September 19, 2016. Forms may be picked up in the office of the Board Secretary at 1105 N. Hunt Club Road, Gurnee, on any business day between 7:30 A.M. and 4:00 P.M.

A School Board candidate's petition must be filed at the office of the Lake County Clerk, 18 N. County Street, Waukegan, IL between 8:30 A.M., Monday, December 12, 2016 and no later than 5:00 P.M., Monday, December 19, 2016. Candidate names will appear on the election ballot in the order in which their nominating papers are received in the clerk's office.

Nominating papers may be filed by the candidate in person, by mail or by an agent representing the candidate. They consist of the following:

- Nominating petitions signed by at least 50 registered voters residing within the district. Petitions must be securely bound together with pages numbered consecutively, and each page must carry the notarized signature of the petition circulator.

- Statement of Candidacy Form

- Statement of Economic Interest - a receipt from the County Clerk showing that the candidate has filed the Statement of Economic Interest for 2016.

If you have any questions, please phone Phyllis Martin at (847) 596-5601.

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