Candidate filing is this week

Candidates file this week -- from Monday, May 14, through Friday, May 18 -- for offices on 2018 ballots.

They can file online, by mail or in person at either the King County elections office in Renton or the secretary of state’s office in Olympia.

Candidates who file with King County are those in districts entirely within the county -- Legislative District 46 state senator and state representative, judge of the Shoreline District Court, and precinct committee officer (both Democrat and Republican in each of the hundreds of precincts around the area).

Candidates who file with the secretary of state are those whose districts cross county lines -- U.S. representatives from Congressional District 7, two state representatives from Legislative District 32, and state senator from Legislative District 32.

Candidates can file on line from Monday, May 14 at 9am through Friday, May 18 at 4pm using a filing link that becomes active at 9am Monday.

In-person filing is open from Monday at 8:30am through Friday at 4:30pm at the elections Office.

Mail-in filing is open through Friday at 4:30pm using forms available on the elections web site. Completed forms are due at the state or county elections office by Friday at 4:30pm.