City Executive-Mayor in St. Albans, Kanawha County, West Virginia

No person shall be eligible to any elective office unless he resides in the City. No person shall be eligible for the office of Councilman, representing a particular ward, unless he resides in the said ward. The eligibility of any person to any office, or to retain and hold the same, shall be determined under the general law of the State of West Virginia, except as herein otherwise provided.

Filing Fee = $150. Nominations for the office of Mayor shall be made by certificate of candidacy supported by a petition addressed to Council and signed by a minimum of 50 registered voters in the City. Nomination for the office of City Councilman (woman) at large shall be made by certificate of candidacy supported by a petition addressed to Council and signed by a minimum of 50 registered voters residing in the City; and Nominations for the office of City Councilman (woman) shall be made by certificate of candidacy by a minimum of 20 registered voters residing in the ward from which the candidate for City Council seeks election. Such certificates for nomination shall be filed with the City Clerk upon forms provided by the City, and shall be verified by the person so nominated. All such nominating petitions shall be examined by Council and, if found to be bona fide, in proper form and signed by the required number of registered voters, the persons so nominated shall be certified as candidates for the particular offices sought.

Submit paperwork to the City Clerk's office.