Deadline nears to run for board positions

Bigfork Eagle

Residents have until 4 p.m. today, March 25, to file to run for one of two Bigfork School Board positions up for election this year.

The three-year terms of current trustees Thaddeus Jordt and Mike Roessman will be on the ballot for the May 4 election.

Petitions are available from the district clerk and require signatures from five qualified voters. Voters must live in the Bigfork Elementary School district.

Those who don't get their paperwork in on time have another chance to file after the deadline.

Write-in candidates can submit a declaration-of-intent form to run by 5 p.m. April 8.

If the number of candidates after that deadlines is equal or fewer than the number of open positions, the election will be cancelled.

For more information, call the school district office at 837-7400.

Swan River School also has one position up for election.

The same deadlines and requirements apply for that position for the May 4 election.

For more information on that position, call 837-4528.