Job description
The City Legislature is the municipality's governing body, responsible for voting on ordinances and policies, and often is in charge of hiring a city manager.
Eligibility requirements
Candidate must be at least 21 years of age by the date of the election, a citizen of the State of Delaware, a qualified elector, and a bona fide domiciliary of the Town for at least one year prior to the date of the election. For purposes hereof, a 'bona fide domiciliary' shall mean that a person: (a) has his/her true, fixed, and permanent home and principal establishment in the Town to which, whenever he/she is absent, he/she has the intention of returning, and (b) physically resides in the Town on a continuing basis; provided that absence for less than ninety days at a time from one's place of domicile for some temporary purpose shall not terminate that domicile so long as the intention to return to that place remains fixed, certain, and constant during the period of such physical absence. No person having been convicted of a felony, of any crime involving moral turpitude, of any crime of dishonesty, or of any crime involving fraud, bribery, or embezzlement, shall be qualified for the office of Town Council or Mayor.
Filing instructions
Filing office address: 1 N. Railroad Ave, Wyoming DE, 19934
Filing phone number: 302-697-2966
Paperwork instructions: Submit paperwork to the Town Election Board's office.
Filing requirements: No filing fee or petition signature requirement.