Election season is quickly approaching. Candidates seeking election in the April 2025 Consolidated Election can start circulating their nominating petitions on August 20, 2024. Candidates should carefully check compliance with the rules and deadlines:
- November 12, 2024. The first day for candidates to file their nominating petitions with the local election official or board of election commissioners.
- November 18, 2024. Last day for candidates to file their nominating petitions.
- November 25, 2024. Last day to file objections to nominating papers of independent, new party and non-partisan candidates (when non-partisan candidates are not subject to a primary) in the office of the local election official or election authority.
- January 23, 2025. It is the last day for local election officials to certify candidates and public questions to the election authority for inclusion on the 2025 Consolidated Election ballot.
- February 20, 2025. Early voting begins in the office of the election authority and in any additional locations that may have been designated by the election authority. It’s also the first day that official ballots will be mailed to voters who have applied for a vote-by-mail ballot. If a primary was held, both of these events would be delayed until March 7, 2025.
- March 31, 2025. The last day for early voting.
- April 1, 2025. Consolidated Election.
For more information about this article, contact Tressler attorney John O’Driscoll at jodriscoll@tresslerllp.com.