HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — Candidate filing for the 2009 Municipal Elections and the Chapel Hill/Carrboro School Board will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, July 6 and end at noon on Friday, July 17 at the Orange County Board of Elections office located at 110 East King Street in Hillsborough.

Filing forms, along with the proper filing fee, must be received by the Board of Elections office before the filing deadline of 12:00 noon on July 17th, 2009.  Notices of candidacy which are mailed must be received by the Board of Elections office before the filing deadline regardless of the time they were deposited in the mail.  Only persons who are registered to vote in the municipality shall be permitted to file notice of candidacy for election to municipal office and shall file with the county Board of Elections in which they reside.

For more information contact the Orange County Board of Elections at 919-245-2350 or visit http://www.co.orange.nc.us/elect/.