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 Irving
 Code of Ordinances
 Part I. THE CHARTER
 Article IV. OFFICERS AND ELECTIONS

  § 3. Mayor and city council members qualifications; filing of candidacy; official ballot; designation of city districts.  

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  • (a)

    No person shall be a candidate for the office of mayor or council member unless that person is a qualified voter of the City of Irving, shall have resided in the city for not less than one year immediately prior to election day, shall not be in arrears in the payment of taxes or other liabilities due the city, and shall be a bona fide resident of the city.

    (b)

    A person wishing to become a candidate for mayor or place on the city council shall be placed on the official ballot upon the sworn application of the candidate and the signatures of at least twenty-five (25) voters of the city or 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, whichever is greater, which the candidate shall swear as being true and correct signatures of those signing the application, addressed and delivered to the city secretary no later than the date authorized by the State Election Code, stating the office for which that person is a candidate and if for councilperson, the place for which that person is running, and stating that the candidate has resided in the city for at least one year prior to the election, and thereupon the names of such candidate shall be printed upon the official ballot.

    If the person wishes to become a candidate for Place 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7, said person's application shall also state the candidate is at the time a bona fide resident of the district for which the person seeks election and has been for a period of at least twelve (12) months immediately prior to election day.

    The order in which the names of the candidates for mayor and each place on the city council shall appear on the official ballot shall be determined by lot, in a drawing held under the supervision of the city secretary.

    (c)

    Until the boundaries of the districts are revised as provided herein, they shall have the same boundaries as set forth in the City of Irving Ordinance No. 2011-9292.

    (d)

    At least once each ten (10) years after the adoption of this amendment, the city council shall by ordinance rearrange said districts so as to make all districts as nearly equal in population as possible.

(Ord. No. 889; Ord. No. 1588; Ord. No. 2721, § 1, 12-19-74; Ord. No. 4754, § 3, 8-15-85; Ord. No. 5567, § 3, 1-23-89; Ord. No. 2013-9464, Amds. 2, 5, 6, 5-22-13)