Two positions on the Spoon River College Board of Trustees will be filled in the consolidated election scheduled for Tuesday, April 1, 2025. The positions are for six-year terms on the College Board commencing April, 2025 through April, 2031. Currently, these positions are held by Mr. John Biernbaum of Macomb and Mr. Kent Schleich of London Mills.
Filing dates for candidacy will be Tuesday, November 12th, 2024 through Monday, November 18th, 2024. All candidates wishing to file petitions MUST either mail or submit in person to the Canton campus. Hours for filing will be 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, November 12th to November 15th, and Monday, November 18th, from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Petitions WILL NOT be accepted for filing at the Macomb Campus or the Havana and Rushville Centers.
On the first day of filing at Spoon River College, Tuesday, November 12th, petitions will be received in the Cabinet Room, Administrative Foyer, Centers Building at the Canton Campus. On the other days of filing, petitions may be filed at the reception desk, Centers Building, at the Canton campus.
According to the Consolidated Election Laws, all individuals present at the opening of the election office doors on the first day of filing Tuesday, November 12th, will be considered as having filed simultaneously. In addition, any petitions received during the first mail delivery of that day will be included in this simultaneous filing group. For all individuals in this “simultaneous group,” a lottery will be held on Thursday, November 14th at 1:00 p.m. to determine the ballot positions of all in the simultaneous group. Others who file later will be listed on the ballot after the simultaneous group in the order the other’s petitions are received.
To become a candidate for one of the positions on the College Board, the following documents are required for filing:
- a Statement of Candidacy form,
- at least 50 valid signatures on petition forms, which must be consecutively numbered, and each form notarized,
- a receipt for filing a Statement of Economic Interest with the County Clerk of the county in which the principal office of the unit of local government with which the person is associated is located (Fulton County). To qualify as a candidate for trustee, an individual must be on the date of the election, a U.S. citizen, 18 years of age or older, a registered voter, and have resided for one year in the college district.
Petitions and other materials required for filing will be available August 20, 2024 at the Canton Campus, Reception Desk, Centers Building as well as from each of the three SRC off-campus locations (Macomb, Rushville, and Havana). Petitions and other filing materials may be obtained from each location during normal office hours. At the Canton campus, these are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Office hours at the off-campus locations may differ from those at the Canton campus. Contact the off-campus locations for hours when petitions and other candidate materials may be obtained from them.
Information is available by calling (309) 649-6232 at the Spoon River College Canton campus.