County Commissioner and Constitutional Officer Candidates

Candidate Petition Deadline
NOON, May 13, 2024 
 

Candidate Qualifying Dates
Noon, June 10, 2024 through NOON, June 14, 2024

Candidates may pre-qualify beginning May 27, 2024
(our office will be closed on May 27 for the Memorial Day holiday) 

Candidate Qualifying Forms
 

• County Commissioner Fact Sheet (revised 02/22/2024)

• Constitutional Officer Fact Sheet (revised 02/22/2024)

• Candidate File Cover Sheet  Initial Filing - Required

• Text Messaging Service Agreement Optional - Recommended

• DSDE 9 Appointment of Campaign Treasurer and Designation of Campaign Depository Initial Filing - Required

• DSDE 84 Statement of Candidate Initial Filing - Required

• Campaign Financial Reporting System Affidavit Initial Filing - Required 
  The Lee County Supervisor of Elections provides its own (CFR) Campaign Financial Reporting System for the filing of required campaign finance reports. The Lee County (CFR) Campaign Financial Reporting System facilitates the electronic filing of required campaign finance reports in lieu of filing original and signed campaign finance reports by hand delivery or standard mail.  Upon filing Form DS-DE 9, a candidate and his/her campaign treasurer and deputy treasurer (if one is appointed) will be provided a User Identification Number, password, and PIN access to the CFR System for the filing of required campaign treasurer’s reports.

• DSDE 104 Candidate Petition Form Optional 
  A candidate for Lee County Commissioner or Constitutional Officer may obtain the valid signatures of 5,180 registered electors in Lee County. Submit signatures to the Lee County Supervisor of Elections for validation. Upon certification, by the Supervisor of Elections, that the candidate has obtained the required number of valid signatures, the signatures shall take the place of the filing fee. Signatures must be submitted on or before NOON, May 13, 2024.

Form 6 Full and Public Statement of Financial Interests, 
Candidate Oath, Canvassing Board Meeting Schedule, and Filing Fee

• Form 6 Full and Public Statement of Financial Interest for 2023 Required - submit at time of qualifying 
  Form 6 must be filed electronically with the Florida Commission on Ethics via the Electronic Financial Disclosure Management System (EFDMS) at the following link: 
  https://disclosure.floridaethics.gov/Account/Login
  A copy of the electronically filed Form 6 must be provided with your final qualifying documents.

• The appropriate Candidate Oath must be notarized and properly executed. Required - submit at time of qualifying 
  • DSDE 301A State and Local Partisan Office Candidate Oath with Party Affiliation 
  • DSDE 301B State and Local Partisan Office Candidate Oath No Party Affiliation
  • DSDE 301C State and Local Partisan Office Candidate Oath Write-In Candidate
     

• Canvassing Board Meeting and Logic and Accuracy Testing Schedules Required - submit at time of qualifying

• Filing Fee Submit filing fee at time of qualifying
  Make check payable to the Lee County Elections Office by check drawn on the candidate's campaign account for the EXACT amount.  NO CASHIER'S CHECKS OR MONEY ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED. A candidate who obtains the required number of valid candidate petition signatures for the office sought will not be required to pay a filing fee.