Candidates for County Coroner
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About County Coroner
About this position
- Office level
- County
- Election frequency
- Every 4 years
- Affiliation
- Partisan
- Positions
- 1 open seat
Election type
- Partisan election (party labels appear on ballots)
- Run-off election
How to run for County Coroner
- Step 1
Meet eligibility requirements
There shall be four (4) Coroners who shall be elected from the County at large. Their terms of oéce shall be four (4) years, beginning with January 1 following their election. At the time of the election of a Coroner and throughout her term of oéce she shall be a qualiçed elector of the County and hold no other public oéce. Commencing January 1, 1995, she shall not hold the position of chair, vice chair, secretary or treasurer of a County political party committee. She shall have been a resident of the County continuously for at least one (1) year preceding her election.
- Step 2
File for office
- Filing requirements
- 2,000 signatures or 5% of the district's registered voters affiliated with the party whose nomination you are seeking (whichever is lesser)
- Paperwork instructions
- Submit paperwork to the County Board of Elections' office.
- Where to file
- 260 S Pearl St, Albany, NY 12202
- Filing phone
- 518-487-5060
- Step 3
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