Petitions Available for Lake Land College Trustees Election

The Lake Land College Community College District No. 517 Trustee Election will be held April 1, 2025, as part of the 2025 consolidated election. Two six-year terms and one four-year unexpired term will appear on the Lake Land College ballot. 

The two six-year terms are currently held by Kevin Curtis, Mattoon and Dave Storm, Effingham. Larry Lilly, Mattoon, was appointed in March 2024 to fill the vacancy created by Mike Sullivan’s resignation. Lilly’s appointment to the vacancy was to serve on the Board until the next regular election (April 2025) when a successor will be elected to serve the remainder of the four-year unexpired term that goes through 2029.

Persons who wish to file for a seat on the Board of Trustees of Lake Land College, Community College District No. 517, may request an election packet from the president’s office by calling Jean Anne Highland, Chief of Staff, at 217-234-5329, submitting an email to jhighland@lakelandcollege.edu, or visiting Highland’s office from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday, when the college is open. Highland’s office is located in the Board and Administration Center at the College’s main campus in Mattoon.

To run in the election for trustee, interested persons must:

• Hold U.S. citizenship;
• Be 18 years of age or older; and
• Be a resident of Community College District No. 517 for one year immediately preceding the election.

Candidates may begin circulating petitions. Nominating petitions require at least 50 signatures of voters registered within the Community College District No. 517.

The filing period will be November 12-18, 2024.  Candidates are required to submit petitions, a statement of candidacy and a receipt indicating he or she has filed a statement of economic interest with the Coles County Clerk’s office. Candidates may submit required documents in person or by a representative to the Office of the President, Lake Land College, Board and Administration Center, 5001 Lake Land Blvd., Mattoon, IL 61938 during normal business hours (Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 p.m. each day). Candidates may also submit required documents by mail to this same address. However, all petitions must be received during the filing period.

Persons elected on April 1, 2025 will begin their terms of office by April 29, 2025.

A Candidate’s Guide is available from the State Board of Elections, 2329 S. MacArthur Boulevard, Springfield, IL 62704, (217) 782-4141 or may be downloaded from their website at: https://www.elections.il.gov/ .

The period for filing objections to nomination papers will be from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. in the same office during the following five business days: Tuesday, November 19, 2024; Wednesday, November 20, 2024; Thursday, November 21, 2024; Friday, November 22, 2024; and Monday, November 25, 2024. 

For more information, contact Highland at 217-234-5329 or jhighland@lakelandcollege.edu.