Any qualified resident of Tremonton can run for office.  If you would like to appear on the ballot this fall for one of the City Council seats or for Mayor, you must first declare your candidacy in the City Recorder’s Office.  Candidate filing packets will be available beginning Monday, June 2nd at 8:00 am in the City Recorder’s Office.  And, completed packets must be received by Friday, June 6th at 5:00 pm to have your name appear on the ballot.  There is a $50.00 filing fee to be paid at the time of receiving a filing packet.

Am I a qualified candidate?

  • 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 and 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; they must have resided within the annexed territory or the municipality the 12 consecutive months immediately before the date of the election.
  • Pay a filing fee of $50.00
  • Not convicted of a felony, treason, crime, or offense related to elections**
  • Cannot have been declared mentally incompetent.
  • Utah laws that apply for further inquiry:

* Utah Code 20A-2-101 states that a registered voter (1) is a citizen of the United States; (2) is a resident of Utah; (3) has been a resident of Utah for at least the 30 calendar days immediately before the election; (4) at least 18 years of age on the day of the election; and (5) is registered to vote.

**Utah Code 20A-2-101.5 states: A person convicted of a felony loses the right to hold office until (1) all felony convictions have been expunged, OR (2) ten years have passed since the most recent felony conviction AND the person has paid all court-ordered restitution and fines AND the person has completed probation, has been granted parole, or completed the term of incarceration associated with the felony.

If you have any further questions, please contact the City Recorder, Cynthia Nelson at 435-257-9507 or email her at cnelson@tremontoncity.gov.