Run for office - candidate filing by mail starts Monday

Candidate filing for the August primary and November general election starts Monday.

The official filing dates are May 13-17, but candidates may file by mail if their declarations of candidacy arrive at the King County elections office in Renton April 29 through May 17.

In-person and on-line filing is open only during the official May 13-17 filing period.

County elections officials accept mail filings that arrive April 29 through May 10, but the filings don't become official and aren't public record until May 13.

Any filing for a paid position must include a filing fee equal to 1 percent of the annual salary or petitions signed by a number of registered voters equal to the number of dollars in the filing fee.

Elections officials do not accept mail filings that arrive by mail before April 29 or after May 17 regardless of postmark.

Here are filing fees for offices in this year’s election:

• King County Executive-- $2,093.87

• King County Sheriff-- $1,752.57

• Metropolitan King County Council-- $1,395.91

• Court of Appeals, Division 1, District 1-- $1,563.28

• Superior Court-- $1,488.31

• Seattle Port Commissioner (four positions)-- $60.00

• Lake Forest Park City Council (four positions)-- $72.00

• Shoreline City Council (four positions)-- $84.00

• Shoreline School Board (two positions)-- $0.00

• Shoreline Fire District (two positions)-- $0.00

• Northshore Fire District (two positions)-- $0.00

• Lake Forest Park Water Commissioner-- $0.00

• Shoreline Water Commissioner-- $0.00

• Ronald Wastewater District (two positions)-- $0.00