Independent candidates have until 4 p.m. May 3 the day before Ohio s primary election to file petitions with the Crawford County Board of Elections for a spot on the fall ballot. The petitions then must be certified by the board.
According to Ruth Leuthold, director of the elections board, this week two potential independent candidates picked up petitions. The board does not keep records of potential candidates who access petitions online.
Two men have told the Telegraph-Forum they intend to run for council president, seeking to unseat Republican Kurt Fankhauser; they are Brian Seybert and Adam V. Frizzell. No Democrat filed in that race.