First filers sign up for 2013 elections

From the Hendersonville Lightning:

Early filers lined up to sign up for city offices as the two-week filing period opened for the 2013 municipal elections.

Joking about how they'd been drafted or that they didn't know why in the world they were running or that the $10 filing fee was too high a price to pay for the privilege of running, the candidates filled out paperwork and chatted until the struck noon. Then elections officials took their checks and had them sign the filing forms. Newcomers were transformed at that instant from regular citizen to candidate. Every town but Fletcher was represented with at least one early filer. . .

Read it all, and check out the candidate list so far at the Henderson County Board of Elections. The filing period ends at noon on July 19 and  election day is November 5.