Election filings of local candidates, issues certified

The Champaign County Board of Elections on Friday certified all issues and partisan candidates filed at the board office by the Wednesday deadline for March 15 primary election ballots. Write-in candidates for the primary must file by 4 p.m. Jan. 4, 2016.

Independents must file by 4 p.m. March 14, 2016, to appear on Nov. 8, 2016, general election ballots. Write-in candidates for that election must file by Aug. 29, 2016.

Staff report