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2005 - 2006 Personal Choice Candidates Directory
State of Utah Elections
Office
has a list of those who have filed to be
2006 candidates.
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State of Utah
Elections Office
Contact Information for all county clerks throughout
Utah.
U.S. Senate
Term: A
United States Senator
holds office for six years beginning on the 3rd day of
January, unless, by law a different day is appointed.
Qualifications: To be eligible for U.S. Senator
from Utah a person must:
a) be 30 years old at the time the oath of office is
taken,
b) a U.S. Citizen for 9 years, and
c) an inhabitant of Utah when elected.
Filing: One U.S. Senate seat, held by Orrin Hatch,
is up in 2006. Any person interested in becoming a
candidate for this seat must file a declaration of
candidacy with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor.
A
candidate must also file with the Federal Elections
Commission (FEC). For more information about FEC filing
requirements, please contact the FEC.
Fee:
The filing fee is equal to 1/8 of 1% of the total salary
paid for the full term of office to the person holding
the office. The U. S. Senate filing fee for the 2004
general election was $1,160. If unable to afford the
filing fee, a candidate may also consider filing
impecunious.
U.S. House of Representatives
Term: A
U.S. Representative
holds office for two years beginning on the 3rd day of
January, unless, by law a different day is appointed.
Qualifications: To be eligible for U.S.
Representative from Utah a person must:
a) be 25 years old at the time the oath of office is
taken
b) a U.S. citizen for 7 years
c) an inhabitant of a congressional district of Utah
when elected
Filing: Any person interested in becoming a
candidate must file a declaration of candidacy with the
Office of the Lieutenant-Governor (usually around the
second week of March).
A
candidate must also file with the Federal Elections
Commission (FEC). For more information please contact
the FEC.
Fee:
The filing fee is equal to 1/8 of 1% of the total salary
paid for the full term of office to the person holding
the office. For U.S. House candidates in 2004, this fee
was $387. If unable to afford the filing fee, a
candidate may also consider filing impecunious.
Utah State Legislature
Term: A
State Senator
holds office for four years beginning on the first day
of the annual general session after the election.
A
State Representative
holds office for two years beginning on the first of
January after their election.
Qualifications: To be eligible for the Utah
Legislature a person must:
a) be a U.S. Citizen at the time of filing
b) 25 years old at the filing deadline time
c) Three-year resident of Utah at the filing deadline
time
d) Be a resident for 6 months of the senate or
representative district from which elected at the filing
deadline time
e) No person holding any public office of profit or
trust under authority of the United States, or of this
State, shall be a member of the Legislature; provided,
that appointments in the State Militia, and the offices
of notary public, justice of the peace, United States
commissioner, and postmaster of the fourth class, shall
not, within the meaning of this section, be considered
offices of profit or trust.
f) be a qualified voter.
Qualified voter:
1) U.S. Citizen
2) a resident of Utah for at least 30 days prior to the
next election
3) at least 18 years old by the next election
4) their principal place of residence is in a specific
voting precinct in Utah
Filing: Any person intending to run for a seat in
the Utah Legislature must file a declaration of
candidacy with the county clerk's office of the county
in which they reside or with the Office of Lieutenant
Governor.
Filing Fee: 1/8 of 1% of the total salary for the
full term of office legally paid to the person holding
the office. In 2004, these fees were:
Utah Senator: $26.00 Utah Representative: $13.00
Or, if unable to afford the filing fee, a candidate may
also consider filing impecunious.
Contributions and Expenditures: A legislative
candidate is not required to have a personal campaign
committee. A candidate should deposit any contributions
or public service assistance into one or more separate
campaign accounts in a financial institution. These
monies can only be used for political purposes and may
not be mixed with personal or business monies or
accounts.
Utah State School Board
Term: 4 years
Qualifications: Be and remain a registered voter
in the board district from which the member was elected
or appointed;
Maintain his primary residence within the board district
from which the member was elected or appointed; and
No
person serving as member of the State School Board shall
also serve as an employee of the Utah State Office of
Education, or the Utah State Office of Rehabilitation.
Filing: Usually around the second week of March in
State Elections Office or in County Clerks Office.
Filing Fee: $15, or, if unable to afford the
filing fee, a candidate may also consider filing
impecunious.
Process:
The
Governor appoints nominating committees for each school
district by May 1. The Governor will designate one
member to serve as chair of the committee. The Lt.
Governor will then submit a list of all individuals who
filed a declaration of candidacy to the chair of the
nominating committee by June 1. The nominating committee
then has until August 1 to submit a list of up to five,
but no fewer than three candidates for the State Board
of Education to the Governor. The Governor will select
two of these candidates to be placed on the ballot by
September 1.
General Maps for 2006 Utah State School
Board:
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District 2 - Weber County
District 3 - Juab, Salt Lake, Tooele, and Utah
Counties
District 5 - Davis County
District 6 - Salt Lake County
District 9 - Salt Lake County
District 10 - Salt Lake County
District 14 - Carbon, Daggett, Duchesne, Emery,
Garfield, Grand, Kane, Piute, San Juan, Sanpete, Sevier,
Uintah, and Wayne Counties
District 15 - Beaver, Iron, Juab, Millard, and
Washington Counties
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