City of Clemson Candidate Filing Deadline is Noon on Aug. 1st

The Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Pickens County will be conducting the City of Clemson Municipal Election on Nov. 6, 2018. This is a nonpartisan election and no party affiliation shall be placed on the ballot. Three Clemson City Council Seats are on the ballot. Registered voters who have lived in and have been a resident of this municipality for a period of not less than 6-months immediately preceding the date of this election may file as a candidate beginning at noon, July 18, 2018 until filing closes at noon on Aug. 1, 2018. Candidates will file with the City Clerk at Clemson City Hall, which is located at 1250 Tiger Boulevard Suite 1, during normal business hours. At the time of filing, each candidate must submit a completed a Statement of Candidacy Form and pay the $10 filing fee. Candidates are required to file a Statement of Economic Interests and a Campaign Disclosure online with the State Ethics Commission at http://ethics.sc.gov. Failure to file these documents may result in a candidate fine but will not disqualify a candidate from the election. Contact the State Ethics Commission for more information. Citizens no longer need to provide a paper printout of their Statement of Economic Interests (SEI) at the time of filing to become a candidate. Candidates are still required to file an SEI online during the candidate filing period with the State Ethics Commission; however, candidates are no longer required to present a copy of the SEI at the time of filing. The filing of the SEI has no bearing on a candidate’s ballot access. If a candidate fails to properly file an SEI (or campaign disclosure), the candidate may be fined by the State Ethics Commission but may not be denied ballot access. This change applies to all candidates in all elections.