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07/19/2011


NOTICE OF FILING DATES FOR ELECTION TO THE SCHOOL BOARD
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 270
HOPKINS SCHOOLS
STATE OF MINNESOTA

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the period for filing affidavits of candidacy for the office of school board member of Independent School District No. 270 shall begin on August 2nd, 2011, and shall close at 5:00** o'clock p.m. on August 16th, 2011.
The general election shall be held on Tuesday, November 8th, 2011. At that election, four (4) members will be elected to the School Board for terms of four (4) years each.
Affidavits of Candidacy are available from the school district clerk, John Toop, 1001 Highway 7, Hopkins, Minnesota 55305-4722. The filing fee for this office is $2. A candidate for this office must be an eligible voter, must be 21 years of age or more on assuming office, must have been a resident of the school district from which the candidate seeks election for thirty (30) days before the general election, and must have no other affidavit on file for any other office at the same general election.
The affidavits of candidacy must be filed in the office of the school district clerk and the filing fee paid prior to 5:00** o'clock p.m. on August 16th, 2011.

Dated: June 9, 2011                                       BY ORDER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD

                                                                       School Board Clerk

 

** The Secretary of State's office takes the position that the office must be open until 5:00 p.m. to receive filings on the last day for filing.