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About County District Attorney
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 District Attorney
- Step 1
Meet eligibility requirements
All County Legislators shall be electors of the County, and, except in an election year in which the County legislative districts have been redrawn, shall have been residents continuously in the County and in the district from which they seek election for at least 30 days preceding the first day to circulate nominating petitions for the office of County Legislature under the election law. Upon taking office, County Legislators shall continue to be residents of the County and the districts which they represent for the entire term of their office.
- 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
- File with the County Clerk's office.
- Where to file
- 39 W Main St, Rochester, NY 14614
- Filing phone
- 585 753-1600
- Step 3
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