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Teola L. Tremayne, County Clerk Ex Officio Clerk to the Board of Supervisors Ex Officio Registrar of Voters COUNTY OF ALPINE Office of the County Clerk P.O. Box 158-99 Water Street, Markleeville, CA 96120 (530) 694-2281 / Fax (530) 694-2491 Internet Address: http://www.alpinecountyca.gov / email: [EMAIL REDACTED] NOTICE OF ELECTION County Offices Subject to Election for MARCH 3, 2020 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION Each Registered In-Lieu Signature Nomination OFFICE Filing Fee1 Voters Signatures2 Worth3 Signatures4 Supervisor, District Two $ 259 165 23 $11.260 20-40 Supervisor, District Three $ 259 110 15 $17.266 10-20 Supervisor, District Five $ 259 201 28 $ 9.250 20-40 Superior Court Judge $1,923 773 108 $17.805 20-40 TERMS OF OFFICE County Offices: 4 years. January 4, 2021 to January 6, 2025 Judicial Office: 6 years. January 4, 2021 to January 4, 2027 QUALIFICATIONS The California Elections Code requires all candidates for public office in California to be registered voters and otherwise qualified to vote for the office they are seeking at the time their nomination papers are issued. The constitutional requirements to be a registered voter are that a person must be a United States citizen, at least 18 years of age, not in prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony, and not determined by a court of law to be mentally incompetent. COUNTY SUPERVISOR: U.S. citizen, registered voter of the district which the candidate seeks to represent for at least 30 days preceding the deadline for filing nomination documents for the office, must reside in the district during incumbency. (Gov. Code §24001, 24200, 25041) SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE: A person is ineligible to be a judge of a court of record unless for 10 years immediately preceding selection, the person has been a member of the State Bar or served as a judge of a court of record in this State. (Cal. Const. Article VI, Sec. 15) HOW TO FILE To become a candidate for one of the above offices, you may proceed in one of two ways: 1) Petition In-Lieu of Filing Fees, or 2) Nomination papers and paying the filing fee. 1) Petition In-Lieu of Filing Fees is used for securing of signatures in lieu of all or part of the required filing fee. The petition in lieu of filing fee period is September 12, 2019 to November 6, 2019. The signatures on the petition-in-lieu-of filing fees will also count toward the required nomination signatures. 2) Nomination Paper is used in securing the number of signatures required to seek office. The nomination period is November 11, 2019* to December 6, 2019. The candidate must obtain nomination signatures and pay the filing fee by December 6, 2019. All documents necessary for filing for office are available at the County Clerk’s Office, Administrative Office Building, Markleeville, CA. Telephone for information: [PHONE REDACTED] or email: [EMAIL REDACTED] 1 1% Filing Fee (Elections Code 8104) 2 14% Registered Voters (Elections Code 8106(a)(5)) 3 Signatures in lieu of filing fee value (Elections Code 8106(a)(5)) 4 Nomination signatures required (Elections Code 8062(a)(3)(5)) * Date falls on a weekend or state holiday