diff --git a/openstack_election/cmds/check_all_candidacies.py b/openstack_election/cmds/check_all_candidacies.py
index 4f24f32e..7d84889f 100755
--- a/openstack_election/cmds/check_all_candidacies.py
+++ b/openstack_election/cmds/check_all_candidacies.py
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ from openstack_election import utils
 
 
 def get_reviews():
-    return utils.get_reviews('is:open project:%s' %
-                             (utils.ELECTION_REPO))
+    return utils.get_reviews('is:open project:%s file:^%s/%s/.*' %
+                             (utils.ELECTION_REPO, utils.CANDIDATE_PATH,
+                              utils.SERIES_NAME))
 
 
 def main():
diff --git a/openstack_election/utils.py b/openstack_election/utils.py
index 9993b959..bda1baea 100644
--- a/openstack_election/utils.py
+++ b/openstack_election/utils.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ PERIOD_END = datetime.datetime(2016, 9, 4, 23, 59, 59, tzinfo=pytz.utc)
 PROJECTS_TAG = 'sept-2016-elections'
 
 # Library constants
+CANDIDATE_PATH = 'candidates'
 GERRIT_BASE = 'https://review.openstack.org'
 ELECTION_REPO = 'openstack/election'
 BASE_URL = 'https://git.openstack.org/cgit'
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ def get_reviews(query):
 
 
 def candidate_files(review):
-    return list(filter(lambda x: x.startswith("candidates/"),
+    return list(filter(lambda x: x.startswith(CANDIDATE_PATH),
                        list(review['revisions'].values())[0]['files'].keys()))