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About County Finance Committee
About this position
- Office level
- County
- Election frequency
- Every 4 years
- Typical salary
- No compensation.
- Commitment level
- Part Time
- Affiliation
- Nonpartisan
- Positions
- 1 open seat
Election type
- Partisan election (party labels appear on ballots)
- Run-off election
How to run for County Finance Committee
- Step 1
Meet eligibility requirements
A candidate for any County Office 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.
- Step 2
File for office
- Filing requirements
- Collect at least 300 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. Have each petition verified by its circulator - the "Circulator's Oath" must be completed on each petition. Have all signatures certified by the registrar of voters of the municipality in which you are registered prior to filing with the Secretary of State. Petitions must be submitted to the registrars for certification by 5 p.m., May 25th of the election year. Sign the "Candidate's Consent" section of the Non-Party Candidate's Consent and Certification of Unenrollment (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 Unenrollment" which is printed as part of the Candidate's Consent and Certification of Unenrollment form. Present the petitions and the "Non-party Candidate's Consent and Certification of Unenrollment" to the Secretary of State for review on or before 5 p.m., June 1st.
- Filing period
- Until June 1, 2026
- Paperwork instructions
- Submit paperwork to the Maine Secretary of State's office.
- Where to file
- 111 Sewall Street, 4th Floor, Augusta, ME 04333
- Filing phone
- 207-624-7736
- Step 3
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