121018 Filing Petitions (MA)

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Patricia Peterson heads to the counter with a long line of other local government candidates to submit forms to run for office inside the County Clerk's office at the McHenry County Administration Building on Monday, Dec. 10, 2018 in Woodstock. Peterson is running for Village of Hebron trustee but was told that the county clerk's office would only accept candidacy petitions for school board and that all other offices should submit their paperwork to their respective local government.

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Deputy Clerk Linda FitzGerald, left, helps aspiring school board candidates fill out their candidacy paperwork inside the County Clerk's office at the McHenry County Administration Building as the line stretches beyond the doorway on Monday, Dec. 10, 2018 in Woodstock.

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Deputy Clerk Linda FitzGerald, left, helps Patricia Peterson submit forms to run for office inside the County Clerk's office at the McHenry County Administration Building on Monday, Dec. 10, 2018 in Woodstock. Peterson is running for Village of Hebron trustee but was told that the county clerk's office would only accept candidacy petitions for school board and that all other offices should submit their paperwork to their respective local government.

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A long line, consisting of hopeful school board candidates, stretches beyond the doorway at the County Clerk's office at the McHenry County Administration Building on Monday, Dec. 10, 2018 in Woodstock. The office opened at 8am to a line of future candidates hoping to appear first on the ballots.