People interested in running for city, school district and township offices in the upcoming November election can begin filing an affidavit of candidacy today (Tuesday).

Filing can be done at city and school district offices, or by contacting the township clerk.

The filing period continues through 5 p.m. Sept. 9. A filing fee is required for all offices.

Most area cities will elect two City Council members and mayor. Three offices will be for election in the city of Litchfield. Council seats in Ward 2, Ward 4 and the at-large will be filled. Filing can be made with the assistant city administrator Joyce Spreiter at City Hall, 126 North Marshall Ave. All seats are four years.

Litchfield School Board will have three seats up for election. All are four-year terms. Interested candidates can file in the Litchfield School District Office, located in the Meeker County Family Services building, 114 N. Holcombe Ave., Litchfield.

Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City will also be electing four new school board members. Three of the vacancies are four-year terms and one is a two-year term. Dassel-Cokato has three open four-year terms.

Several area townships will also elect officers, moving from the traditional March elections to November. Cosmos, Danielson, Darwin, Harvey and Kingston townships will hold November elections for the first time.

Check out the Aug. 28 Independent Review for a review of area offices up for election, as well as information on how to file an affidavit of candidacy.