Contact:
Warren Slocum
Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder
Phone: (650) 363-4988 Fax: (650) 363-1903 E-mail: wslocum@smcare.org

lternate:
David Tom
Phone: (650) 312.5222 E-mail: dtom@smcare.org

Candidate Filing Period Extended Until August 15
For Certain Offices

(Redwood City, CA) Chief Elections Officer Warren Slocum announced today that the nomination period is extended for certain offices set to appear on the November 6, 2007 ballot. State law provides an extension period of five calendar days if an incumbent fails to file or does not qualify during the regular filing period which closed on August 10th.

Of the 14 School Districts and 19 Special Districts that are scheduled to participate in the November 6, 2007 Election, the following districts have extended filing periods because an incumbent did not file to run for re-election or did not qualify to run during the filing period:

School Districts (11 of 14 have extended candidate filing periods)

Belmont-Redwood Shores School District
Burlingame School District
Hillsborough City School District
Jefferson Elementary School District
Millbrae School District
Portola Valley Elementary School District
Redwood City School District
San Carlos School District
San Mateo Union High School District
San Mateo-Foster City School District
Woodside Elementary School District

Special Districts (6 of 19 have extended candidate filing periods)

Granada Sanitary District
Half Moon Bay Fire Protection District
Ladera Recreation District
Los Trancos County Water District
MidCoast Community Council
Point Montara Fire District

For the 13 cities in San Mateo County that have municipal races scheduled in the November 6, 2007 Election, please contact the City Clerk for each jurisdiction to find out if they have extended filing periods. City Clerks are the official filing officers for city council candidates and other elected city officials.

To learn who has filed to run for offices to date, you may review the Official Roster of Candidates on the elections website, www.shapethefuture.org ; it is updated every evening< around 5:30 p.m. Similarly, a listing of all the City Clerks and their contact information is available online as well.