Requirements for Filing for Candidacy for Each Elected Office of Political Subdivision: Each candidate must complete an Application for a Place on the General Election Ballot. The application can be obtained from the Election Agent or from the Secretary of State’s website: www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/forms/index.shtml (Form 2-21). The application must be notarized and the original must be received in the office of the election agent during the filing period.
General Eligibility Requirements for a Candidate:
* 18 years of age on first day of term
* U.S. citizen
* Resident of Texas for one year
* Registered voter in political subdivision OR owner of property in political subdivision
* Have not been finally convicted of a felony from which the person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities
* Have not been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be (A) totally mentally incapacitated, or (B) partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote
Acknowledge awareness of the nepotism law, Chapter 573, Government Code.
Elections for the District are always in November.
