Filing forms for this year’s Ketchikan Gateway Borough Election are now available. The borough assembly will have three seats available – all for three-year terms. The school board will have two seats available, also for three-year terms.
The filing forms can be picked up today, but must be completed and submitted to the borough clerk between Aug. 1 and Aug. 25.
On the school board, the seats of Judy Leask Guthrie and Katherine Tatsuda will be available. Assembly members Dan Ortiz, Sharli Arntzen and Kathy Bolling will also have seats up for grabs.
To qualify as a candidate, citizens must be a Borough registered voter 30 days prior to the election. To qualify as a candidate for the assembly, citizens must also have lived in the Borough for one year prior to the election date.
Filing forms include a declaration of candidacy with signatures of at least 10 Borough voters, as well as an official financial disclosure statement.
There are also three open seats on the Ketchikan City Council, all for three-year terms. Candidates must be qualified city voters and have lived within city limits for one year. Terms for councilmembers Jack Finnegan, Riley Gass and Judy Zenge are ending this fall.
The election is Oct. 6.
