Elections

2020 Important Dates

Candidate Information

To be eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or appointed to, a public elective office, a person must:

1. be a United States citizen;
2. be 18 years of age or older on the first day of the term to be filled at the election or on the date of appointment, as applicable;
3. have not been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be:
   • totally mentally incapacitated; or
   • partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote;
4. have not been finally convicted of a felony from which the person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities;
5. have resided continuously in the state for 12 months and in the territory from which the office is elected for six months immediately preceding the date of the regular filing deadline for a candidate's application for a place on the ballot; and
6. on the date described by the preceding item “5)”, be registered to vote in the territory from which the office is elected.

Helpful  Links
Texas Secretary of State - Elections Division
Brazoria County Clerk's - Elections Division