3 each City Councilmembers 4 year term
Candidate filing period begins June 1, 2023 and ends June 7, 2023 (UCA 20A-9-203)
Declaration of Candidacy Forms or Nomination Petitions will be available and may be filed in person at the City Recorders Office located at the Wellington City Hall, 150 West Main Street, Wellington, Utah during the filing period between the hours of Monday – Thursday 8 A.M. & 5 P.M. and Friday 8 A.M – 12 P.M. There is no filing fee. Any questions should be directed to Rebecca Evans, revans@wellingtonutah.org or 435-637-5213.
QUALIFICATIONS
Before the filing officer accepts any declaration of candidacy, the filing officer shall read to the candidate the constitutional and statutory requirements for candidacy, and the candidate shall state whether he/she fulfills the requirements. If the candidate indicates that he/she does not qualify, the filing officer may not accept his/her declaration of candidacy (Utah Code Section 20A-9-203).
• Registered voter in the municipality in which the individual is elected
• Must have resided within the municipality for which the candidate is seeking office for the 12 consecutive months immediately before the date of the election.
• Maintain a principal place of residence within the municipality, and within the district that the elected officer represents, during the officer’s term of office
• If the individual resides in a territory which was annexed into the municipality: must have resided within the annexed territory or the municipality the 12 consecutive months immediately before the date of the election.
• Not convicted of a felony, treason, or crime relating to elections
• Cannot have been declared mentally incompetent
Published in the ETV Newspaper April 26, 2023.