Elections

Candidate Qualifications

On Saturday, May 7, 2022, the citizens of Abilene will elect members to the Abilene City Council for Places 5 and 6. While council members are elected at large, residency requirements for each Place are as noted below: 

• Place 5 candidates shall be residents of the City north of the Texas & Pacific Railroad Company main line; and
• Place 6 candidates shall be residents of the City south of the Texas & Pacific Railroad Company main line.

Additional qualifications are as follows:

• At least 21 years of age
• A citizen and qualified voter of the State of Texas and the City
  • Shall have resided within the City for at least 12 months preceding election day
    • Residence requirements shall be effective only as of the date of the election of each member of the Council, but a member of the Council or the Mayor ceasing to reside in the City shall immediately forfeit office
• Not hold any other office or employment under City Government while a member of the Council, nor hold any other paid employment under City Government within two (2) years thereafter, unless such employment be an elective office
• Have not been determined mentally incompetent by a final judgment of a court
• Have not been finally convicted of a felony from which the person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities