The three seats on Frisco City Council up for election in May are the mayor and council Places 5 and 6. Filing begins Jan. 15 and ends Feb. 14.
New requirements are in place this year for filing for office. On top of filling out a candidate application, candidates must also submit either a $200 filing fee or a petition of signatures from qualified voters. The petition should have either 25 signatures or 0.5% of the total votes received in Frisco in the last mayoral election, according to the city secretary’s office.
These new requirements were approved by voters this past May in a charter amendment election.
Candidates must be at least age 18 and have lived in Frisco for a minimum of one year before filing for office.
Those interested in filing to run for a seat on City Council can find candidate packets posted online later in December at www.friscotexas.gov/672/elections.
