Qualifying opens at courthouse Monday at 9 a.m. for seven local races in Primary Election July 15

Qualifying will open at 9 a.m. Monday, April 28, for the General Primary election in July, and numerous Wilkes County candidates are expected to qualify.

Supervisor of Elections Judge Jim Burton said that the qualifying period will begin at 9 a.m. Monday, April 28, and close at noon on Friday, May 2. "The following officeswill be on the ballot in the July 15 General Primary and will qualify locally," Burton said, "Sheriff, Clerk of Superior Court, Tax Commissioner, Coroner, Surveyor, Board of Commissioners District 1 and 2."

All qualifying will be done in the office of the Supervisor of Elections, Room 422 in the Wilkes County Courthouse. Burton said he expects many candidates to be waiting at his officewhen qualifying opens, but that each candidate's qualifying will be handled exactly as the Secretary of State requires.

Nonpartisan candidates for the offices of Probate Judge, Chief Magistrate, and Board of Education Chairman and Districts 3 and 4 board members will qualify June 23 through June 27 and will appear on the ballot for the General Election in November.

In January, the Wilkes County Board of Commissioners approved qualifying fees for each officeat 3 percent of the respective salaries. Those fees are as follows: for Wilkes County Sheriff, $1,407.54; for Wilkes County Tax Commissioner, Clerk of Court, Probate Judge, and Magistrate Judge, $1,229.03; for Coroner, $108.00; for Surveyor, $10.00; and for two seats on the Board of Commissioners (Districts 1 and 2), two seats on the Board of Education (Districts 3 and 4); and chairman of the Board of Education, $72.00.

Candidates are reminded that an announcement article of their intention to seek officewill be run free of charge in The News-Reporter one time. However, information for such an article must be received by the newspaper not later than one week after the close of qualifying. Candidates are responsible for providing the information and will not be contacted by this newspaper.

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