Filing period for a place on the ballot is January 18th, 2023 to February 17th, 2023 by 5p.m.. Candidate Application Packets are now available at City Hall until February 17th, 2023.
Early Voting and Election Day Voting to be Held at City Hall, 14387 Alamo Rd, Log Cabin, TX 75148. The last day to register to vote is April 6, 2023 see https://www.votetexas.gov/register-to-vote/
All candidates for office in the City of Log Cabin must meet the following qualifications to serve on the City Council:
Per Texas Elections Code Section 141.001
(1) be a United States citizen;
(2) be 18 years of age or older on the first day of the term to be filled at the election or on the date of appointment, as applicable;
(3) 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;
(4) have not been finally convicted of a felony from which the person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities;
(5) have resided continuously in the state for 12 months and in the territory from which the office is elected for six months immediately preceding the following date:
(A) for a candidate whose name is to appear on a general primary election ballot, the date of the regular filing deadline for a candidate's application for a place on the ballot;
(B) for an independent candidate, the date of the regular filing deadline for a candidate's application for a place on the ballot;
(C) for a write-in candidate, the date of the election at which the candidate's name is written in;
(D) for a party nominee who is nominated by any method other than by primary election, the date the nomination is made; and
(E) for an appointee to an office, the date the appointment is made;
(6) on the date described by Subdivision (5), be registered to vote in the territory from which the office is elected; and
(7) satisfy any other eligibility requirements prescribed by law for the office.
(a-1) For purposes of satisfying the continuous residency requirement of Subsection (a)(5), a person who claims an intent to return to a residence after a temporary absence may establish that intent only if the person:
(1) has made a reasonable and substantive attempt to effectuate that intent; and
(2) has a legal right and the practical ability to return to the residence.
(a-2) Subsection (a-1) does not apply to a person displaced from the person's residence due to a declared local, state, or national disaster.
(a-3) The authority with whom an application for a place on a general primary election ballot is filed under Section 172.022 shall, to the extent permitted by law, use Subsections (a) and (a-1) in determining whether a candidate meets the residency requirements for a public elective office.
(b) A statute outside this code supersedes Subsection (a) to the extent of any conflict.
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to an office for which the federal or state constitution or a statute outside this code prescribes exclusive eligibility requirements.
(d) Subsection (a)(6) does not apply to a member of the governing body of a district created under Section 52(b)(1) or (2), Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Per Texas Local Government Code Section 22.032:
(a) To be eligible for the office of mayor of the municipality, a person must be a registered voter and must have resided within the municipal limits for at least the 12 months preceding the election day. For purposes of this subsection, residency in an area while the area was not within the municipal limits is considered as residency within the limits if the area is a part of the municipality on election day.
Note - Dates are subject to change fom the 2023 Legislative Session
Filing period for a place on the ballot is January 17th, 2024 to February 16th, 2024 by 5p.m.. Candidate Application Packets will be available at City Hall the first week in January.
Early Voting and Election Day Voting to be Held at City Hall, 14387 Alamo Rd, Log Cabin, TX 75148
The last day to register to vote is April 4, 2024 see https://www.votetexas.gov/register-to-vote/
Filing period for a place on the ballot will be announced. Candidate Application Packets will be available at City Hall the first week in January.
Early Voting and Election Day Voting to be Held at City Hall, 14387 Alamo Rd, Log Cabin, TX 75148
Filing period for a place on the ballot will be announced. Candidate Application Packets will be available at City Hall the first week in January.
Early Voting and Election Day Voting to be Held at City Hall, 14387 Alamo Rd, Log Cabin, TX 75148
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