Filing period for elections now open

The filing period for those individuals interested in running for a public office has now officially opened as of Monday. The filing period ends on Friday, May 18, at 4 p.m. and forms can be submitted online or at the local auditor’s office.

Filing Week used to be in early June, but a state law passed last year moved the week to mid-May in order to help accommodate overseas and military voting.

The federal and state offices this year include all seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate seat, auditor, attorney general, commissioner of public lands, governor, lieutenant govern...