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About Mayor
About this position
- Office level
- City
- Election frequency
- Every 4 years
- Affiliation
- Nonpartisan
- Positions
- 1 open seat
Election type
- Partisan election (party labels appear on ballots)
- Run-off election
How to run for Mayor
- Step 1
Meet eligibility requirements
Must be a qualified elector of the City of DeLand and must have or will have resided within the present corporate limits of the City of DeLand for at least six (6) months immediately preceding the date of the end of the qualifying period.
- Step 2
File for office
- Filing requirements
- Law requires that a candidate must file the following: Form 1 Statement of Financial Interests, Loyalty Oath and Oath of Candidate (Form DS-DE 25 for Non Partisan Office), If required by charter, the candidate must pay a qualifying fee. Checks must be drawn on the campaign account, If required by charter, certification of the required number or signatures, Appointment of Campaign Treasurer and Designation of Campaign Depository (Form DS-DE 9) and Statement of Candidate (Form DS-DE 84), unless you have already filed these forms.
- Paperwork instructions
- Submit paperwork to the county supervisor of election's office.
- Where to file
- 1750 S. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL 32720
- Filing phone
- 386-736-5930
- Step 3
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