Candidates for the 2025 election season are required to register an affidavit of candidacy between July 30 – August 13, 2024. The following positions are up for election: 1 Mayor Position (2 year term), 2 Councilor Positions (4 year term), 1 Special Election Councilor Position (2 year term). The filing fee is $5 as set by the City Charter. The charter gives the authority to the city to run elections, please see below.
CHAPTER IV. Nominations And Elections
Section 4.01 The Regular Municipal Election.
A regular municipal election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year commencing in 1996, at such place or places as the City Council may designate. The City Clerk shall give at least two weeks published notice of the time and place of holding such election and of the officers to be elected, but failure to give such notice shall not invalidate the election. The officers elected shall take office on the first regular meeting in January.
Section 4.02 Nomination For Filing.
Any eligible person desirous of having his or her name placed upon the official election ballot as a candidate for an office to be voted on in an election shall, not more than seventy (70) days nor less than fifty-six (56) days prior to such election, file an Affidavit with the City Clerk stating his or her residence, that he/she is a qualified voter in said City; and the name of the office for which he/she desires to be a candidate; and, upon the payment of a fee of $5 to the City Clerk, that officer shall accept such Affidavit and place the name of such candidate upon the official Election Ballot, without any political party designation. There shall be no primary election, but the filing of such Affidavit shall be prerequisite to having the name of the candidate placed on the official ballot for the City Election.
Section 4.03 Special Election.
The Council may by resolution order a special election and provide all means for holding it. The Clerk shall give at lease two weeks published notice of a special election. The procedure at such election shall conform as nearly as possible to that prescribed for other City elections.
Section 4.04 Procedure At Elections. Subject to this Charter and applicable state laws, the Council may by ordinance further regulate the conduct of municipal elections. Except as otherwise provided by this Charter and supplementary ordinances, general state laws on elections shall apply to municipal elections.