Skamania County Commissioner, District 3

Description

The Board of County Commissioners is the legislative body for the County, responsible for developing Policies and Ordinances (laws) affecting and regulating all facets of local government as it relates to the citizens. The Board creates, approves and oversees the annual budget. Other Elected Officials are responsible for the management of their offices. The Board, via appointed department heads, manage all other services; Community Events and Recreation (facilities, parks, recreation, human resources, risk management, information technology, and public information), Community Development, Public Works, Road Department, Community Health, and Senior Services (meals, information and transportation.) Commissioners also serve by assignment on a variety of external commissions and board as required by law or in furtherance of county goals for the benefit of our citizens.

Application Guidelines

The filing window for this position begins the Monday two weeks prior to Memorial Day and ends on the Friday of that week (5 days). Candidacy filing papers can be acquired at and are submitted to either the county elections office or the Secretary of State Office in Olympia. For non-partisan offices, if there is only two candidates filed for a position they will run against each other in the November election. If more than two candidates file for a non-partisan office, than the non-partisan office will go through the August primary and the top two vote getters will advance to the November election for the seat. For a partisan office, the candidates will run in the August primary even if only two people are participating. This may create scenarios where the same candidates participate for the same seat in the August primary and November election. For any further questions, the Skamania County Auditor's office can be reached at (509) 427-3730 or [email protected], and the Secretary of State Office can be reached at (360) 902-4151 or [email protected]. ***Washington is one of the only states with online filing for candidacy. For more information regarding filing online, please see here: http://www.skamaniacounty.org/auditor/

Submit application to:
Skamania County Auditor, 240 NW Vancouver Ave, Skamania, WA, 98648, US