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Run for Township Trustee-Township Council in Salem township, KS

Election Date: Nov 3, 2026
Filing Deadline:

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Election Details

  • Office level: local
  • Length of term: 4 years
  • Commitment level: N/A
  • Affiliation: nonpartisan
  • Typical salary: N/A
  • Is this a runoff election? No
  • Is this a primary election? No
  • Filing period: N/A - N/A
  • Positions:
    Allen County: Salem Township Clerk
    Allen County: Salem Township Trustee
    Allen County: Salem Township Treasurer

Job description

Powers and duties generally. The township trustee shall have the power to: (a) Divide the township into road districts, and make such alterations as may be necessary; (b) ensure all moneys belonging to the township are properly spent for road or other purposes; (c) provide for the care and management of all property, real and personal, belonging to the township, and to superintend the various interests thereof; (d) cause a record to be made accurately defining the boundaries and number of each road district, as well as the alterations made in such district or districts in the township; (e) administer all oaths in the necessary discharge of the duties of the office; (f) superintend all the financial concerns of the township, and at the July session of the board of county commissioners, annually, with the advice and concurrence of the board of county commissioners shall levy a tax on the property in the township for township road and other purposes, and report the same to the county clerk, who shall enter the same on the proper tax roll in a separate column or columns, and the treasurer shall collect the same as other taxes are collected. If the trustee and board of county commissioners fail to agree on any such levy, the board of county commissioners shall levy such township road and other taxes; and (g) discharge such other duties as may be imposed by law.

Eligibility requirements

Must be an elector and resident on election date and when taking office

Filing instructions

Filing office address: 1 N. Washington Iola, KS 66749
Filing phone number: 620-365-1407
Paperwork instructions: Submit paperwork to the County Clerk's office.
Filing requirements: $1 dollar filing fee, 3% party support for party candidates and lesser than 10 or 5% of voters for petitioning requirements
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