Overview
- The candidate filing period for the 2025 partisan and nonpartisan municipal elections begins at the opening of business on Monday, July 7, 2025, for county boards of elections, and ends at noon on Friday, July 18, 2025, unless otherwise stated in a municipal charter or session law.
- The deadline to withdraw a notice of candidacy and receive a refund is 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 15, 2025.
- Candidates should contact their county board of elections to determine the filing fee for their contest.
- Note: All candidates filing a notice of candidacy in a municipal contest will file their form and filing fee at their county board of elections. No notice of candidacy or filing fee should be mailed to the State Board of Elections.