Four candidates file nomination papers for 3 positions on the Colfax school board

By LeAnn R. Ralph 

COLFAX   — Four candidates have filed nomination papers for three positions on the Colfax Board of Education in the April 4 election.

Incumbent school board members Kenneth Bjork, Jodi Kiekhafer and Jaclyn Ackerlund all filed nomination papers by the deadline at 5 p.m. Tuesday, January 3.

Colfax school district resident Denise Solberg also filed nomination papers by the deadline and will be on the ballot April 4 for one of the three positions.

Candidates could begin circulating nomination papers on December 1.

Registrations for write-in candidates are due in the office of the school district clerk by noon on the Friday before the election, which would be March 31. 

According to state law, votes for write-in candidates only count if the write-in candidate filed a notice of intent to run as a write-in candidate.

The term of office for a school board member is three years and begins on Monday, April 24.