Election Records

Scope and content: Series contains a variety of documents pertaining to elections and election candidates running for county level positions in Barton County. The files are organized by topic or type of form, as well as chronologically by year. Records include primary nomination papers and petitions signed by supporters of a particular candidate to get their name on the ballot; declarations of intention filed by candidates seeking to run in a given election; itemized statements of election expenditures filed by election candidates to the county clerk; annual reports from various township treasurers documenting annual receipts and expenditures; annual reports of trustees to the Board of County Commissioners documenting payments made out of the general or road fund to individuals for services; and certificates of appointments assigning county judges and clerks to the Board of Election Officers for the primary elections, filed by the county clerk.