Judicial

DS-DE 303JU - Judicial Office Candidate Oath

Form 6 - Full and Public Disclosure of Financial Interests (for previous calendar year)

County and School Board

DS-DE 301A - Candidate Oath: State and Local Partisan Office With Party Affiliation

DS-DE 301B - Candidate Oath: State and Local Partisan Office No Party Affiliation

DS-DE 301C - Candidate Oath: State and Local Partisan Office Write-In Candidate

DS-DE 302NP - Nonpartisan Office

DS-DE 304SB - School Board Nonpartisan Office

Form 6 - Full and Public Disclosure of Financial Interests (for previous calendar year)

Special District

Affidavit of Intention Special District Candidate

DS-DE 302NP - Candidate Oath - Nonpartisan Office

Form 1 - Statement of Financial Interests (for previous calendar year)

Judicial Candidates

Noon, April 25, 2022 - Noon April 29, 2022

*Note: Qualifying papers will be accepted beginning

Noon, April 11, 2022 pursuant to Section 99.061 and 105.031, F.S.

All Other Candidates

Noon, June 13, 2022 - Noon, June 17, 2022

*Note: Qualifying papers will be accepted beginning

Your qualifying fee must be paid using a check drawn from your campaign account,

made payable to the Supervisor of Elections, and signed by the treasurer.

These fees are due the week of qualifying, but can be turned in during the pre-qualifying period.

List of Fees for County Offices

Pursuant to 99.092 Florida Statutes, qualifying fees for 2022 Hernando County candidates are:

• City Council Member - $216.00 (4% of annual salary of $5,400)
• County Commissioner : Partisan - $4,572.18 (6% of annual salary of $76,203)
• County Commissioner : Non-Partisan - $3,048.12 (4% of annual salary of $76,203)
• County Court Judge     : Non-Partisan - $6,255.08 (4% of annual salary of $156,377)
• School Board Member : Non-Partisan - $1,560.64 (4% of annual salary of $39,016)
• Special District Candidates: $25.00

As an alternative to paying the qualifying fee, a pre-qualified candidate may qualify by means of the petitioning process.

Candidate Petition Certification Procedure

Candidate Petition Form (DS-DE 104)

• English PDF
• Spanish PDF

If you choose to qualify by the petition method for County Office, you must obtain signatures of 1% of the total number

of registered voters at the last general election. For local candidates in Hernando County, the number of petitions needed is

1,469 based on the 146,893 registered voters in the 2020 General Election. A campaign check made payable to Shirley Anderson,

Supervisor of Elections for $146.89 must be written before petitions can be validated.

There is a fee of 10 cents per signature or the actual cost of checking such signatures, whichever is less, to be paid in advance to the

supervisor of elections fo rthe cost of verifying the signature. The payment must be made with a campaign check with the exception of

special district candidates who choose not to open a campaign account pursuant to F.S. 99.061(3).

The deadline for accepting candidate petitions is noon of the 28th day before the first day of the qualifying period fo the office sought.

For the 2022 Election Cycle:

If such charges impose an undue burden on the candidate's resources, the candidate may file an Undue Burden Affidavit and the fee will be waived, pursuant to F.S. 99.097(4).

Affidavit of Undue Burden will be filed prior to the time petitions are submitted for verification.

Affidavit of Undue Burden - Form DS-DE 19D