The statewide candidate filing period begins at 8 a.m. Wednesday, April 8, said Amy Baker, Secretary of the Seminole County Election Board.

Filing will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The deadline for filing as a candidate is 5 p.m. Friday, April 10, no exceptions.

Candidates for state offices file with the Secretary of the State Election Board in Oklahoma City. Candidates for county offices file with the Secretary of the County Election Board.

Baker said that the following county offices will be filled this year, with each office serving a fouryear term:

•County Sheriff

•County Clerk

•County Court Clerk

•County Commissioner District #2

For more election-related information, call the County Election Board at (405) 257-2786, or visit www.elections.ok.gov.