{"id":44874,"date":"2026-08-24T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T15:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=44874"},"modified":"2026-08-24T10:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T15:00:31","slug":"candidates-may-pick-up-nominating-packets-for-april-2027-election-beginning-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/44874-candidates-may-pick-up-nominating-packets-for-april-2027-election-beginning-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Candidates May Pick Up Nominating Packets for April 2027 Election Beginning Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Effingham County Clerk, Michelle Kollmann, reminds any individual interested in filing as a school board member for the April 6th 2027 Consolidated Election may pick up their nomination packet at the Effingham County Clerk\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>The nomination packets are available for the following Effingham County school districts: Altamont Unit 10, Beecher City Unit 20, Dieterich Unit 30, Effingham Unit 40 and Teutopolis Unit 50.<\/p>\n<p>The first day of petition circulation is August 25, 2026. The packets are available at the clerk\u2019s office at 101 N. Fourth St, Effingham IL 62401. The office hours are Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The filing period for candidates to run as a school board member are November 16 thru November 23, 2026 at the Effingham County Clerk\u2019s office. Any candidate running for school board may contact the County Clerk\u2019s office for questions at 217-342-6535.<\/p>\n<p>Also, nomination packets for any individual wanting to run for office with any city, village, town, park district, or fire district must contact the clerk of appropriate municipality. The clerk of that<br \/>\nmunicipality is considered to be the local election official. Interested individuals must contact that clerk on how to obtain the nomination packet or for any additional questions and information.<\/p>\n<p>The municipalities that will have offices up for election at the April 6th 2027 Consolidated Election are:<\/p>\n<p>City of Effingham<\/p>\n<p>Effingham Park District<\/p>\n<p>City of Altamont<\/p>\n<p>Teutopolis Park District<\/p>\n<p>Village of Beecher City<\/p>\n<p>Dieterich Park District<\/p>\n<p>Village of Dieterich<\/p>\n<p>Mason Township Park District<\/p>\n<p>Village of Edgewood<\/p>\n<p>Shumway Fire District<\/p>\n<p>Village of Montrose<\/p>\n<p>Village of Shumway<\/p>\n<p>Village of Teutopolis<\/p>\n<p>Village of Watson<\/p>\n<p>Town of Mason<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Effingham County Clerk, Michelle Kollmann, reminds any individual interested in filing as a school board member for the April 6th 2027 Consolidated Election may pick up their nomination packet at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2708,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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