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Candidate qualifying for all statewide, multi- county, county and district offices (other than judicial and federal offices) will begin at noon on Monday, June 16, and end at noon on Friday, June 20, Supervisor of Elections (SOE) Kathy Dent has announced. Judicial and federal candidates qualified the week of April 28 through May 2, a news release explains. Candidates for county and district offices are required to qualify at the Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections Office, while candi- dates for statewide and multi-county offices will qualify with the Office of the Secretary of State in Tallahassee, the release points out. "Florida law provides that the qualifying officer may accept and hold a candidate's qualifying papers beginning 14 days prior to the first day of the qualifying period (June 2), to be processed and filed during the qualify- ing period," the release says. The following county and district seats will be filled during the General Election: • Sarasota County commissioner, Districts 2 and 4. • School Board, Districts 1, 4 and 5. • Charter Review Board, Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. • Public Hospital Board, Central District Seat 2, Northern District Seats 1 and 2, and Southern District Seats 1 and 2. • Sarasota Soil and Water Conservation District, Groups 2, 3 and 4. • Bobcat Trail Community Development District (CDD), Seats 1, 2 and 4. • Lakeside Plantation CDD, Seats 1, 2, and 3. • Stoney Brook at Venice CDD, Seats 3 and 5. • The Woodlands CDD, Seats 1, 2 and 3. • Venetian CDD, Seats 2 and 4. CANDIDATE QUALIFYING FOR ALL OFFICES TO BEGIN JUNE 16 The Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections Office is in the Terrace Building in downtown Sarasota. File photo Sarasota News Leader June 6, 2014 Page 69