{"id":28974,"date":"2012-09-18T06:42:41","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T11:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=28974"},"modified":"2012-09-18T06:42:41","modified_gmt":"2012-09-18T11:42:41","slug":"swcd-election-changes-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2012\/09\/18\/swcd-election-changes-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"SWCD election changes announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Information submitted<\/em><\/p>\n<p>COLUMBUS &#8212; Recent changes to the rules governing the special elections held around the state to elect local soil and water conservation district (SWCD) supervisors are in effect this year.<\/p>\n<p>Any resident 18 years of age or older who resides within the county of the election can seek election to the SWCD board of supervisors. \u00a0Names can be placed on the ballot in one of two ways.<\/p>\n<p>The SWCD nominating committee can nominate candidates. This committee works throughout the year looking for candidates who are interested in the conservation and protection of natural resources within the county.<\/p>\n<p>Interested individuals may also stop at the SWCD office, 1185 Professional Drive in Van Wert, and pick up a nomination petition form. Potential candidates need to secure at least 10 signatures from residents and\/or landowners residing in the county and submit the petition to the district by the close of business October 12. Candidates meeting the eligibility requirements and deadline will be listed on the ballot for the special election, which will take place Thursday, November 15, at Vantage Career Center, 515 N. Franklin St in Van Wert.<\/p>\n<p>Soil and water conservation districts, located in all 88 Ohio counties, are legal subdivisions of state government that provide natural resource management assistance to county landowners and other units of local government. \u00a0The Van Wert County commissioners fund the district, with county funds supplemented by funding from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.<\/p>\n<p>A five-member board of county residents governs the district. \u00a0Board members serve staggered three-year terms. The nomination procedure changes were adopted by the seven-member Ohio Soil and Water Conservation Commission, which oversees SWCD election guidelines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Information submitted COLUMBUS &#8212; Recent changes to the rules governing the special elections held around the state to elect local soil and water conservation district (SWCD) supervisors are in effect this year. Any resident 18 years of age or older who resides within the county of the election can seek election to the SWCD board [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-05 13:03:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28974\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}