Qualifications

The eligibility requirements to hold office in the City of Bedford are listed below. 

City of Bedford Charter, Sec. 2.03. - Qualifications.

The members of the council shall be qualified voters of the city, who have been residents of the city for at least one (1) year, and shall hold no other public office except for those allowed by the Texas Constitution or state law. If a member of the council shall cease to possess any of these qualifications or shall be convicted of a felony, the office shall immediately become vacant.

Texas Election Code, Section 141.001. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.

1.  To be eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or appointed to, a public elective office in this state, a person 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 or on the date of appointment, as applicable;
   3. have not been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be:
      1.  totally mentally incapacitated; or
      2. partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote
   4. have not 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 territory from which the office is elected for six months immediately preceding the following date:
      1. for a candidate whose name is to appear on a general primary election ballot, the date of the regular filing deadline for a candidate's application for a place on the ballot;
      2. for an independent candidate, the date of the regular filing deadline for a candidate's application for a place on the ballot;
      3. for a write-in candidate, the date of the election at which the candidate's name is written in;
      4. for a party nominee who is nominated by any method other than by primary election, the date the nomination is made; and
      5. for an appointee to an office, the date the appointment is made;
   6.  on the date described by Subdivision (5), be registered to vote in the territory from which the office is elected; and
   7. satisfy any other eligibility requirements prescribed by law for the office.