About City Council
About this position
- Office level
- City
- Election frequency
- Every 3 years
- Affiliation
- Nonpartisan
- 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
Applicant must be 18-years-old, 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 united states citizen who has not been finally determined mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote by a court with probate jurisdiction nor been finally convicted of a felony from which the candidate has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities
- Step 2
File for office
- Filing requirements
- No filing fee or signature requirement.
- Filing period
- January 19, 2028 - February 18, 2028
- Paperwork instructions
- Submit paperwork to the City Secretary/Clerk's office.
- Where to file
- 4403 Highway 3, Dickinson, TX 77539
- Filing phone
- 281-337-6217
- Step 3
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