Fountaindale Public Library District wishes to announce that the library will have nominating petitions available on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 for persons who wish to run in the April 6, 2021 Consolidated General Election for the positions of library district trustee.
The election will fill three (3) library district trustee positions.
All three (3) library trustee positions are six (6) year terms.
Nominating petitions and all necessary forms will be available at Fountaindale Public Library District, 300 West Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook, Illinois in the Administration Office on the 2nd floor on Tuesday, September 22, 2020. Office hours to pick up nominating petitions are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. You may request that a petition packet be mailed to you by contacting Juanita Lennon at jlennon@fountaindale.org. A minimum of fifty (50) signatures by eligible registered voters are required on the petition in order to get one’s name on the election ballot. Prospective candidates must be a registered voter and reside within the library district boundaries.
Completed petitions must be filed with the Local Election Official or Deputy Local Election Official of the library district. The first day to file for election is Monday, December 14, 2020. Candidates must file by mail or in person at Fountaindale Public Library between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. All candidates who file at 9 a.m., including those whose mailed-in petitions arrive on December 14, 2020, will be placed in a lottery drawing to determine ballot placement.
Candidates who file after 9 a.m. on Monday, December 14, 2020 will be placed on the ballot in the order in which their petitions are received. Petitions may also be turned in between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on December 15, 16, 17 and 18. The last day for filing is Monday, December 21, 2020 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. No petitions will be accepted after 5 p.m.
For further information, please call Deputy Local Election Official Juanita Lennon at 630.685.4204.