Filing period for 2023 Rice County township elections opens Jan. 3

By Press release subsmission

Dec 19, 2022

Filing for seats on Rice County townships’ boards of supervisors opens Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, and runs through Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023.

The treasurer’s seat is up in 13 of the county’s 14 townships. In Forest Township, the treasurer is an appointed, not an elected, position.

One seat on all but one of the townships’ boards of supervisors will also be on the ballot. In Bridgewater Township, two of the board’s five supervisors seats -- those now held by Kathleen Kopseng and Thomas Hart -- will be up

Candidates for the town board must

Be eligible to vote in Minnesota
Not have filed for another office in the upcoming primary or general election
Be 21 years or more upon assuming office
Have maintained a residence in their district for at least 30 days before the general election

Candidates must file with the town clerk. Contact the town clerk to learn when and where they are accepting affidavits for candidacy. Filing offices may be closed on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, Monday, Jan, 16, but must be open from 1-5 p.m. on the last day of filing, Tuesday, Jan. 17

In addition to completing an affidavit for candidacy, candidates must pay a $2 filing fee

Township elections will be held Tuesday, March 14, 2023.

Rice County township clerks:

BRIDGEWATER: Lori Noreen 507-645-1656, clerk@bridgewatertwp.org

CANNON CITY: Marilyn Caron, 507-384-1998, caronmarilyn11@gmail.com

ERIN: Sharon Kaisershot, 507-364-5537, skaisershot@frontiernet.net

FOREST: Ashley Anderson, 507-213-7116, foresttwpclerk@gmail.com

MORRISTOWN: Dawn Nuetzman, 507-456-8772, d.nuetzman@gmail.com

NORTHFIELD: Diane Lyman, 507-663-1068, clerk@northfieldtwp.org

RICHLAND: Robert Sommers, 507-491-1339, richland.ricecounty@gmail.com

SHIELDSVILLE: Sue Ceplecha-Novak, 507-330-1485, scnovak@q.com

WALCOTT: Benet Freund, 507-334-8655, bfreund12@hotmail.com