Section 6. Candidates and Filing for Office.
All candidates shall file for office as herein after provided.
Any person duly qualified therefor may file as a candidate for any
office herein referred to without other formality than filing his
sworn application with the Mayor at least thirty (30) days prior to
the election day and by paying the filing fee hereinafter provided.
His application shall designate the office for which he desires to be
a candidate, shall state the place of his residence in the City of
Houston, and shall state the number of consecutive years next
immediately before the date of his filing that he has resided in the
City of Houston, and in those instances in which the ownership of
real estate in the City of Houston for a certain period of years is a
qualification to the office which he seeks, he shall state the fact
that he has been a bona fide owner of real estate in the City for the
required period of time. Such application shall be signed and
sworn to by the person desiring to become a candidate. Such
application shall not be considered filed unless it is physically filed
in the Mayor's office before midnight of the last day for filing; and
his office shall remain open until midnight that day to permit the
same.
Such application shall be accompanied by a filing fee which is
hereby fixed and established in the following amounts, to-wit:
Each candidate for Mayor shall pay a filing fee of $1,250.00. Each
candidate for City Controller shall pay a filing fee of $750.00, and
each candidate for Councilman shall pay a filing fee of $500.00.
Such payment shall be in cash or by cashier's or certified check to
the order of the City of Houston; and the Mayor will not accept the
application of any candidate which is not accompanied by the
required filing fee. Such filing fees shall be for the use and benefit
of the City of Houston and no part thereof shall ever be returned
to any candidate.
As soon as practicable after the time for filing has elapsed, the
order in which the names of the various candidates shall be printed
and appear on the official ballot shall be determined by a drawing
for positions at which all candidates or persons representing them
may be present and which shall be conducted by or under the
direction of the City Secretary in such manner as is designed to
assure that nothing except chance shall determine the order in
which the candidates' names for each position appear on the
official ballot. (Added by amendment May 29, 1951)
All candidates shall file for office as herein after provided.
Any person duly qualified therefor may file as a candidate for any
office herein referred to without other formality than filing his
sworn application with the Mayor at least thirty (30) days prior to
the election day and by paying the filing fee hereinafter provided.
His application shall designate the office for which he desires to be
a candidate, shall state the place of his residence in the City of
Houston, and shall state the number of consecutive years next
immediately before the date of his filing that he has resided in the
City of Houston, and in those instances in which the ownership of
real estate in the City of Houston for a certain period of years is a
qualification to the office which he seeks, he shall state the fact
that he has been a bona fide owner of real estate in the City for the
required period of time. Such application shall be signed and
sworn to by the person desiring to become a candidate. Such
application shall not be considered filed unless it is physically filed
in the Mayor's office before midnight of the last day for filing; and
his office shall remain open until midnight that day to permit the
same.
Such application shall be accompanied by a filing fee which is
hereby fixed and established in the following amounts, to-wit:
Each candidate for Mayor shall pay a filing fee of $1,250.00. Each
candidate for City Controller shall pay a filing fee of $750.00, and
each candidate for Councilman shall pay a filing fee of $500.00.
Such payment shall be in cash or by cashier's or certified check to
the order of the City of Houston; and the Mayor will not accept the
application of any candidate which is not accompanied by the
required filing fee. Such filing fees shall be for the use and benefit
of the City of Houston and no part thereof shall ever be returned
to any candidate.
As soon as practicable after the time for filing has elapsed, the
order in which the names of the various candidates shall be printed
and appear on the official ballot shall be determined by a drawing
for positions at which all candidates or persons representing them
may be present and which shall be conducted by or under the
direction of the City Secretary in such manner as is designed to
assure that nothing except chance shall determine the order in
which the candidates' names for each position appear on the
official ballot. (Added by amendment May 29, 1951)
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