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Notice of Candidate Filing Extension for Certain Offices

The filing deadline for these offices is August 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM.

Notice of Candidate Filing Extension for Certain Offices

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to Elections Code section 10516, the following offices have an extended filing deadline for failure of an incumbent officeholder to file by the end of the regular nomination period:

SCHOOL DISTRICTS

  • Bolinas Stinson Union School District, full-term
  • Kentfield School District, full-term
  • *Laguna Joint School District, full-term
  • Lagunitas School District, full-term
  • Larkspur-Corte Madera School District, full-term
  • Nicasio School District, full-term
  • Novato Unified School District, Trustee Area 6, full-term
  • Reed Union School District, full-term
  • Ross School District, full-term
  • Tamalpais Union High School District, full-term
  • Sausalito-Marin City School District, full-term
  • Shoreline Unified School District, Trustee Area 1, full-term

* Pick up and file papers in the county where you live. For more information: Sonoma County residents call 707-565-6800. Marin County residents call 415-473-6437.

SPECIAL DISTRICTS

  • Alto Sanitary District, full-term seats
  • Bolinas Community Public Utility District, full-term 
  • Inverness Public Utility District, full-term seats
  • Marin City Community Services District, full-term
  • Marin Municipal Water District, Division 4, full-term
  • Mesa Park Recreation District, full-term
  • North Marin Water District, Division 5, full-term
  • Novato Sanitary District, Division 5, full-term
  • Stinson Beach Fire Protection District, full-term
  • Tamalpais Community Services District, full-term

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the nomination period is extended for the above-named districts until 5 PM Wednesday, August 12, 2026 for non-incumbent candidates only. For more information about the nomination period and offices on the ballot, please call Candidate Services at 415-473-6437.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the nomination period may be extended for offices where the statutory filing officer is located in Sonoma County or within Marin County municipalities.

For Councilmember contests in the Cities/Towns of Belvedere, Corte Madera, Fairfax, Larkspur, Mill Valley, Novato, Ross, San Anselmo, San Rafael, Sausalito, and Tiburon, please contact the appropriate City/Town Clerk for more information.

For Trustee Area contests in the San Rafael Board of Education, please contact the San Rafael City Clerk’s Office for more information.

For contests in the Sonoma County Board of Education and the Petaluma Joint Union High School District, please contact the Sonoma County Elections Department for more information.

Dated August 7, 2026
NATALIE ADONA
Marin County Registrar of Voters

Page last updated on August 10, 2026.