§ 7.03. Nominations.

Any person having the qualifications required by this Charter may place his own name in nomination as candidate for Mayor or Councilman by filing with the City Secretary, or may be placed in nomination by a petition signed by the greater of twenty-five qualified voters or the number of qualified voters equal to one-half of one percent of the total vote received in the territory from which the office is elected by all candidates for Mayor in the most recent mayoral general election. No voter shall sign more than one petition and should a voter do so, his signature shall be void except as to the petition first filed. With each signature shall be stated the place of residence of the signer, giving the street, number or other description sufficient to identify it.

(Ord. No. 1491, adopted 1-21-97, approved at election 5-3-97; Ord. No. 1783, approved 3-19-02, adopted at election 5-4-02)

Persons who desire to be candidates, or petitioners placing a name in nomination, must file an application to be placed on the ballot with the City Secretary no later than 5 p.m. on the sixty-second (62nd) day before election day. Such application may not be filed earlier than the thirtieth (30th) day before the filing deadline. An application filed by mail shall be considered filed at the time of its receipt by the City Secretary. A member of the Council who submits an application to be placed on the ballot and submits his/her name in nomination as a candidate to run for election for any seat on the Council not then held by such member, whether for a general election or for a special election to fill a vacancy in an unexpired term, shall forfeit his/her seat but serve until his/her successor is duly qualified.

(Ord. No. 1186, adopted 12-19-88, approved at election 1-21-89; Ord. No. 1783, adopted 3-19-02, approved at election 5-4-02; Ord. No. 1918, § 7, adopted 2-15-05, approved at election 5-7-05)

Acknowledgment of nomination by each nominee will be in writing and will be accepted by the City Secretary or other persons authorized to administer oaths under the laws of the State of Texas.

Any person who has placed his own name in nomination or has been placed in nomination by a petition shall take the following oath:

(Ord. No. 1491, adopted 1-21-97, approved at election 5-3-97)

"I do hereby declare that I accept the nomination for the Council and agree to serve if elected. I am _____ years of age, a qualified voter of the City of Duncanville, a resident of the State of Texas for at least one year and of the City of Duncanville or an area now within the corporate limits of the City of Duncanville for at least six months. At present time, I reside at _______ in the City of Duncanville."

Signature of Candidate _____

Date and Hour of Filing _____

Received by  _____
Signature of City Secretary"

The petition placing a person in nomination shall be in the following form:

"We, the undersigned voters of the City of Duncanville, hereby nominate and sponsor _______, whose residence is _______, for the office of _______, to be voted for at the election to be held on the _____ day of ________, 20___, and we individually certify that we are qualified to vote for a candidate for Mayor or Councilman and that during the current election we have not signed any other nominating petition for that office.

Name _____

Street and number _____

Address from which last registered (if different) _____

Date of signing _____ ."

(Ord. No. 1918, § 7, adopted 2-15-05, approved at election 5-7-05)

These above statements will contain the following notarization:

"State of Texas
County of Dallas

Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared _______, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and who acknowledged to me that the same was subscribed as his free act and deed for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.

Given under My Hand and Seal of Office This _____ day of ________, 20___."

(Ord. No. 1918, § 7, adopted 2-15-05, approved at election 5-7-05)