City Charter (PDF)

Elections

Order of 2024 City Election

Cancellation of 2024 General Election

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RICHELLE CULIFER
Swisher County Elections Administrator

Courthouse
119 S Maxwell Room 107
Tulia, TX 79088

Phone: (806) 995-2363
Fax: (806) 995-4121

Current elected officers for the City of Tulia are as follows:

• Mayor Dusty George

• Mayor Pro Tem Israel Bibo Ramirez - District IV

• Councilperson Jay Smith - District II

• Councilperson Jed Owens - District III

• Councilperson Greg Needham - District I

The next General Election for the City of Tulia will be held Saturday, May 4, 2024 at the following location:

Swisher County Courthouse
119 S Maxwell
Tulia, TX 79088

Click HERE for information regarding the May 4, 2024 election.

Applications for a place on the ballot for the May 4, 2024 Election will be accepted beginning Wednesday, January 17, 2024 during regular business hours, Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at City Hall. The last day to file for a place on the ballot is February 16, 2024 at 5 p.m.  

§ 11.11.  General Eligibility Requirements.

(a)     Standard requirements.  In accordance with the standard eligibility requirements for a city office, a candidate 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;

     (3)     not have been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be:

               (A)     totally mentally incapacitated; or

               (B)     partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote;

     (4)     not have 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 city or in the district or ward, as applicable, for six months immediately preceding the deadline for filing an application for a place on the ballot (for a write-in candidate, preceding the date of the election);

     (6)     be a registered voter in the territory from which the office is elected as of the date of the filing deadline for a candidate's place on the ballot (for a write-in candidate, as of the date of the election).  [EC §141.001(a)].