Local School Board in regional-school-unit-38 County, Maine

A Candidate 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.

Candidates for Regional School Units should consult their respective school superintendent to determine which of the methods of apportionment found in Maine Title 20-A SS1472 apply to their district. In units where directors represent subdistricts, nomination papers must be furnished by the secretary of the regional school unit at least 10 days before the deadline for filing nomination papers. Notwithstanding any other section of this Title, directors must be nominated by obtaining a minimum of 25 and a maximum of 50 signatures of registered voters residing within a subdistrict. The secretary shall notify the municipal officers of the names of candidates in each subdistrict. In units where directors are elected at large, nominations for directors must be made on petitions provided by the regional school unit secretary. The petitions must be signed as provided in Title 30-A, section 2528, subsection 4 or, if the candidate is a voting resident in a municipality having a population of less than 200, signed by at least 20% of the registered voters of that municipality; The petitions must be submitted to the registrar of voters in the respective municipalities for certification of the voting residence of the nominee and of the voters signing the petition. More detailed versions of these requirements and other variations can be found 20-A SS1473.

Submit paperwork to the County Commissioners' office.