Running for Local Office

All candidates must meet certain qualification requirements and must also complete and file proper ballot access documents in order to gain a spot on the ballot.

Qualifications

All candidates must meet the residency requirements established for the office to which he or she is seeking election.

City Offices: A qualified elector* of the City and residing in the City at the time of election.

• *A qualified elector is defined in Wis. Stat. § 6.02, as a U.S. citizen, 18 years of age or older, who has resided in the election district for at least 10 consecutive days before an election at which he or she offers to vote and who is not disqualified by virtue of one or more of the impediments described in Wis. Stat 6.03.
• Note: No person may hold any state or local elected office in Wisconsin if the person has been convicted of a felony in any court in the United States unless the person has been pardoned of the conviction. Additionally, no person may have his or her name placed on the ballot for any state or local elective office in Wisconsin if the person has been convicted of a felony in any court in the United States unless the person has been pardoned of the conviction (Wis. Const. Art. XIII, § 3(3)). Any person who falsely signs this statement could be convicted of a violation of Wis. Stat. § 12.13(3)(a), (am).