​Special 3-Day Filing Period

August 9-11, 2021


RCW 29A.24.181


When an office has no candidates who have filed to run by the close of the regular filing period, a void in candidacy occurs.  A Special Filing Period will be reopened for three days for the offices in question.


In Island County, for the 2021 election cycle, there are 10 positions in which no candidates filed during the regular candidate filing period.


A Special 3-Day Filing Period will be held for the following offices:


​District
​Office
​Term
​Port of Coupeville
​Commissioner, District 3
​4 year Regular
​South Whidbey Fire EMS
​Commissioner, Position 3
​6 year Regular
Camano Vista Water​Commissioner, Position 3​6 year Regular​
​Crockett Lake Water
​Commissioner, Position 2
​6 year Regular
​North Whidbey Water
​Commissioner, Position 1
​4 year Unexpired
​North Whidbey Water
​Commissioner, Position 2
​6 year Short/Full
​North Whidbey Water
​Commissioner, Position 3
​2 year Unexpired
​Rhodena Beach Water
​Commissioner, Position 1
​6 year Regular
​Scatchet Head Sewer
​Commissioner, Position 1
​2 year Unexpired
​Scatchet Head Sewer
​Commissioner, Position 2
​6 year Regular


The Special Filing Period will open at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, August 9, 2021 and close at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 11, 2021.

To file for one of these offices, candidates may file online or in writing during the 3-day filing period only.

A link for online filing will appear during the filing period.

A Written Declaration of Candidacy may be found here.  Written declarations must be received in the Elections Office during the 3-day filing period only.