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What pool of candidates is the sheriff allowed to be elected from? In many counties the candidates for sheriff must be active employees of the department or si
by simfree 5y ago
What pool of candidates is the sheriff allowed to be elected from?
In many counties the candidates for sheriff must be active employees of the department or similar, making for an extremely narrow pool of candidates with plenty of opportunity for the incumbent to make their competitors ineligible to run.
- JumpCrisscross 5y ago> the candidates for sheriff must be active employees of the department or similar Who made these inane rules? At the end of the day, if a county goes bankrupt for enacting stupid measures, it's on its citizens. Especially if they didn't even bother voting.
- dredmorbius 5y agoAnyone filing a valid candidacy application can run for the office in Alameda County (or in California AFAIU, where the state Secretary of Sate defines qualifications). https://www.acvote.org/candidates/how-to-run https://www.acvote.org/candidates/how-to-run Ballotpedia has a more complete narrative description: https://ballotpedia.org/How_to_run_for_office_in_California https://ballotpedia.org/How_to_run_for_office_in_California It's not even clear to me that there is an minimumm age requirement for municipal or state office. There are a set of petition and/or filing-fee requirements. Alabama is a state in which I might expect more stringent requirements to be in place. Those are: 18+ years of age, 1 day+ state residency, 1 day+ US citizen, and registered voter. Terms are 4 years, with no limit on terms served. https://www.sos.alabama.gov/alabama-votes/candidates/qualifications-public-office https://www.sos.alabama.gov/alabama-votes/candidates/qualifi...