2025 Municipal Petition Guide

FRONT SIDE – TOP HALF OF PETITION

The general petition information section that states that the undersigned electors of Union County are petitioning the County Board of Elections to have the name of a certain individual appear on the Official Ballot must be completed before any signatures are obtained.  Please print legibly.

FRONT SIDE – BOTTOM HALF OF PETITION –SIGNATURES

Each signer of a petition must print his/her name, as well as their correct address, sign and date the petition. Ditto marks should not be used in dating the petition or when recording address information.

Candidates/circulators should refer to the section in the attached information packet titled “Signature Requirements and Filing Fees”, regarding the number of required signatures needed on a petition.

FRONT SIDE OF PETITION LABELED – “FILING RECEIPT FOR CANDIDATE’S PETITION”

The Union County Elections Office will remove and validate this receipt when your petition has been properly filed and recorded.

BACK SIDE OF PETITION LABELED – “STATEMENT OF CIRCULATOR”

Be sure to have the person circulating the petition (which could be someone other than the candidate in some cases) fill out the “Statement of Circulator”.

BACK SIDE OF PETITION LABELED – “CANDIDATE’S AFFIDAVIT”

The candidate must complete in full the “Candidate’s Affidavit” by printing the title of the office that you are seeking as well as the election district in which you reside.  The “Candidate’s Affidavit” will also need to be notarized, but please do not sign the “Candidates Affidavit” until you are in the presence of a Notary.

BACK SIDE OF PETITION LABELED – “WAIVER OF EXPENSE ACCOUNT REPORTING AFFIDAVIT”

If a candidate does not intend to form a political committee or to receive contributions or make expenditures in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) during any reporting period, it will be necessary to complete the “Waiver of Expense Account Reporting Affidavit” and have it notarized. Please do not sign the “Waiver of Expense Account Reporting Affidavit” until you are in the presence of a Notary.  Refer to the attached informational Packet titled “Political Committees and Campaign Expense Reporting Dates” for more details.

BACK SIDE OF PETITION – PETITION SUMMARY AND RECORDED FILING

The informational Petition Summary, located at the extreme bottom on the back side of the petition, must be completed by listing the name of the party, office, township/borough, ward/district, number of years the term of office is for and the name of the candidate.  This information should be printed exactly as the candidate wishes it to appear on the ballot.  The final two lines will be completed by the Union County Elections Office staff upon receipt of your petition.

CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORT AND STATEMENT

• A report must be submitted if any expenditures exceed $250.00 or if they have established a committee.

• A Statement must be submitted if expenditures DID NOT exceed $250.00.

• All other forms that relate to campaign finance can be found at this link as well.   If you should have any questions about what you may need please call the Elections office.

PRINTING PETITIONS

When printing petitions from home please take note that the county will also not accept them if they are on different sized papers. The current petitions that are available to be picked up in the office are sizes:

• County and MDJ 14" x 8.5"

• General Petition 17" x 8.5" 

All printed at home petitions must match the above sizes.  If you wish to print from home and have any questions please call the office (570) 524-8681 we will gladly answer any and all questions.