Published on December 01, 2023
ORO VALLEY, Ariz. (Dec. 1, 2023) – Any qualified Oro Valley resident interested in running for Town Council in the fall of 2024 may now make an appointment with the Town Clerk to pick up a Candidate Handbook in the Town Clerk's Office at Town Hall, 11000 N. La Cañada Drive.
To make an appointment with the Town Clerk, please email Mike Standish at mstandish@orovalleyaz.gov or call 520-229-4700.
Three Council seats will be filled in 2024. A candidate for Council must be a qualified elector at the time of election, be 18 years of age or older, and have resided in Oro Valley for at least one year preceding the election.
The newly elected members will assume the duties of office after the vote has been canvassed by Council and are typically sworn in at the next regularly scheduled Council meeting following the General Election, held Nov. 5, 2024.
Securing the required number of signatures on a nomination petition and filing nomination papers enables a resident to run as a candidate in the Primary Election, which will be held Aug. 6, 2024. The number of signatures required is at least 465 and not more than 930.
Candidates may turn in nomination papers from 8 a.m. on March 9, 2024, to 5 p.m. on April 8, 2024.