THE FOLLOWING VACANCIES are to be filled through a regular election of the City and Borough of Sitka to be held on October 7, 2008:

ONE MAYOR seat    1 two-year term
TWO ASSEMBLY MEMBER seats:  2 three-year terms
TWO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER seats: 2 three-year terms

QUALIFICATIONS FOR CANDIDACY: A qualified voter who has resided continuously in the municipality during the twelve months immediately before the election may be nominated for Assembly member. The Mayor is a member of the Assembly. School Board applicants must be qualified voters in the municipality for 30 days immediately before the election.

CANDIDATE NOMINATION PETITION: Nomination petitions are available in the Municipal Clerk's office in the municipal office building at 100 Lincoln Street. The nomination petition must be signed by at least 25 qualified voters from the municipality. Included with each signature shall be the signer's place of residence, with the street and house number or other clear description. No elector shall sign more than one petition for each office to be filled. If he or she does so, his or her signature shall be valid only on the first complete petition filed for that office.

AFFIDAVIT OF CIRCULATOR OF PETITION: The circulator of the nomination petition shall submit with the petition a sworn affidavit that each signature on the nomination petition was made in the presence of the circulator.

ACCEPTANCE OF PETITION: Nomination petitions will be accepted by the Municipal Clerk only if accompanied by the nominee's Public Official Financial Disclosure Statement and Acceptance of Nomination signed by the person nominated. The acceptance shall list the candidate's voter registration number and the length of time he or she has resided in the municipality.

FILING OF NOMINATION PETITIONS: All nomination papers comprising a petition must be filed with the Municipal Clerk as a packet not earlier than July 18 (80 days before the election is July 19) nor later than August 8 (sixty days before the election).

The deadline for filing is 5:00 p.m. August 8, 2008. No nominating petitions may be corrected, amended, or withdrawn after this date.