About City Council
About this position
- Office level
- City
- Election frequency
- Every 4 years
- Affiliation
- Partisan
- Positions
- 1 open seat
Election type
- Partisan election (party labels appear on ballots)
- Run-off election
How to run for City Council
- Step 1
Meet eligibility requirements
All persons elected or appointed as a City officer must be a resident of the City. A Common Council member must be a registered voter of the ward for which he or she is elected. The Common Council may appoint a nonresident of the City to an appointive City office pursuant to a resolution of exemption or a resolution that sets a time frame for the appointee to establish residency in the City. Whenever any officer of the City, other than one serving under a resolution of exemption, shall cease to be a resident of the City or of the ward for which such person was elected or appointed, that office shall thereupon become vacant. No person shall serve in more than one City officer position at any one time.
- Step 2
File for office
- Filing requirements
- 500 signatures or 5% of the district's registered voters affiliated with the party whose nomination you are seeking (whichever is lesser)
- Filing period
- May 18, 2027 - May 25, 2027
- Paperwork instructions
- Submit paperwork to the County Board of Elections' office.
- Where to file
- 140 County Highway 33W, Suite 2, Cooperstown, NY 13326
- Filing phone
- 607-547-4247
- Step 3
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