Elections

Statement of Candidate Requirements

Candidates must submit FORM CTA to the Office of the City Secretary prior paying a filing fee. The filing fee is due at the time the APPLICATION FOR PLACE ON BALLOT is submitted.
An application filed prior to July 18, 2020 is void. Applications should be submitted timely to allow for review of requirements. All fields must be completed unless specifically marked optional. Candidates must meet the following qualifications as set out in the CITY OF WHITE SETTLEMENT CHARTER:
  Qualifications for Candidacy:

• A resident of the City of White Settlement and the State of Texas and shall have been a resident for a period of not less than twelve (12) months immediately preceding his election; 
• A qualified voter of the State of Texas and Tarrant County; 
• Shall not be employed by the City of White Settlement; 
• Shall not hold another elective governmental office; 
• Shall be eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of filing for and/or assuming office; 
• Shall not have been determined to be mentally incompetent by a final judgment of a court; 
• Shall have not been finally convicted of a felony or misdemeanor offense involving moral turpitude from which the person had not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disability.