The regular city election shall be held on the uniform election day, at which time, officers will be elected to fill those offices that become vacant that year. The council may order a special election and provide all means for holding such special election.
(Adopted by electorate, 9/19/1961; Am. Prop. III, ratified 4/16/1965; Am. Prop. 1, ratified 2/18/1969; Am. Ordinance 1361 adopted 4/7/1987; Am. Ordinance 2364 adopted 8/11/1998; Charter Am. adopted 5/11/2021)
The council shall make all regulations considered to be necessary or desirable which are not inconsistent with this Charter or the laws of the State of Texas, for the conduct of municipal elections, and for the prevention of fraud.
All city elections shall be governed, except as otherwise provided by this Charter, by the laws of the State of Texas governing general and municipal elections.
(Adopted by electorate, 9/19/1961; Am. Ordinance 1361 adopted 4/7/1987)
Any person having the qualifications required by the Charter may place his/her own name in nomination as a candidate for mayor or council member by filing with the city secretary an application in accordance with the Texas Election Code, accompanied by a nonrefundable filing fee of $250, or in lieu of a filing fee, a petition signed by a minimum number of 100 qualified voters, or one-half of one percent of the total vote received in the city by all candidates for mayor in the most recent mayoral general election, whichever is greater. No voter shall sign more than one (1) petition for a candidate for a specific position or office and should a voter do so, the signature shall be void except as to the petition first filed.
Any person who has placed his/her own name in nomination shall take the following oath:
"I hereby declare and accept the nomination for the position of _____, and agree to serve if elected. I am eighteen (18) years of age or older, a qualified voter of the City of Carrollton, a resident of the State of Texas for at least one (1) year and of the City of Carrollton or an area now within the corporate limits of the City of Carrollton for at least twelve (12) months. I am not in arrears in payment of any taxes or other liability due city. At the present time, I reside at _____ in the City of Carrollton."
Signature of Candidate: ____________________
Date and hour of filing: ____________________
Received by: ____________________________
(Signature of City Secretary)
The above statement will contain the following notarization:
"State of Texas
County of ______________________
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared _____, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and who acknowledged to me that the same was subscribed as his/her free act and deed for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
Given Under My Hand and Seal of Office this _____day of _____, 20_____."
(Adopted by electorate, 9/19/1961; Am. Ordinance 1361 adopted 4/7/1987; Am. Ordinance 2364 adopted 8/11/1998; Charter Am. adopted 5/11/2021)
The council shall be composed of a mayor and seven (7) council members who shall be elected and serve in the following manner:
(1) 
The mayor and council members in office at the time of the adoption of this amendment to the Charter shall continue to serve as mayor and council members under this Charter until the expiration of their present terms of office, or until their successors have been elected or selected and inducted under this Charter.
(2) 
The office of mayor shall be designated on the official ballot and each petition circulated on behalf of a proposed candidate shall designate the office sought is that of mayor. In all elections, the name of each candidate for mayor shall appear on the official ballot as a candidate for such office.
(3) 
The places of the several council members shall be designated on the official ballot as members of the council, Place Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7, and each petition circulated on behalf of each proposed candidate shall designate the place to be filled by such candidate. In all elections, the name of each candidate shall appear on the official ballot for the place number to which the candidate seeks election.
(4) 
Beginning with the election of 2002, councilmembers for places 2, 4, 6, and the mayor shall be elected for a three-year term and an election shall be held for those places thereafter every three (3) years. Beginning with the election of 2002, councilmembers for places 1, 3, 5, and 7 shall be elected for a three-year term and an election shall be held for those places thereafter every three (3) years.
(5) 
The city is hereby divided into four places, known as Places 1, 3, 5, and 7. The four places shall be described with particularity by ordinance.
Any territory hereafter annexed to the city shall upon annexation become a part of that place situated adjacent and contiguous to it, as may be determined by the council.
The city council shall review such places not less than every five (5) years and shall by ordinance set the boundaries of any or all to maintain a substantial equality of population between places 1, 3, 5, and 7.
(a) 
Place No. 1 shall be generally described as the northeast quadrant of the city.
(b) 
Place No. 3 shall be generally described as the southwest quadrant of the city.
(c) 
Place No. 5 shall be generally described as the northwest quadrant of the city.
(d) 
Place No. 7 shall be generally described as the southeast quadrant of the city.
(6) 
No person shall be eligible as a candidate for member of the council, Place Nos. 1, 3, 5, and 7, unless the candidate is at the time a bona fide resident of Place Nos. 1, 3, 5 and 7, respectively. Councilmembers must continuously reside in said place during their term of office. Candidates for council member Place Nos. 2, 4, and 6 and the mayor may reside in any portion of the city. The mayor and all council members shall be elected from the city at large.
(7) 
The candidate at an election for a place on the council or for mayor who shall receive a majority of all votes cast for the office for which he/she is a candidate shall be declared elected to such office. In the event any candidate for an office fails to receive a majority of all votes cast for all the candidates for such office at such election, the council shall order a runoff election to be held the second Saturday after the regular election. The two (2) candidates receiving the highest number of votes for any such office in the first election shall be placed upon the ballot to be voted on in such runoff election.
(8) 
In case of a tie vote in the runoff election or in the first election if there are only two (2) candidates, as to the two (2) candidates, the council shall order subsequent elections in the same manner as the runoff election until the tie vote between the two (2) candidates has been resolved.
(Adopted by electorate, 9/19/1961; Am. Prop. 2, 3, ratified 1/20/1979; Am. Ordinance 1030 adopted 1/18/1983; Am. Ordinance 1143 adopted 12/18/1984; Am. Ordinance 1361 adopted 4/7/1987; Am. Ordinance 2364 adopted 8/11/1998; Am Ordinance 2627 adopted 8/14/2001; Charter Am. adopted 5/11/2021)
The official ballot shall be drawn up by the city secretary and will contain the names of all candidates for office, except those who may have been withdrawn, deceased or become ineligible. Names will be placed on the ballot without party designation and position on ballot will be determined by drawing.
(Adopted by electorate, 9/19/1961; Am. Ordinance 1361 adopted 4/7/1987)
Returns of all municipal elections, both general and special, shall be made by the election officers to the council not earlier than the third (3rd) day nor later than the sixth (6th) day after the election, at which time the council shall canvass the votes, declare the results of such election, with notification of election to candidate elected.
(Adopted by electorate, 9/19/1961; Am. Ordinance 1361 adopted 4/7/1987; Am. Ordinance 2364 adopted 8/11/1998)
Every officer of the city shall, in addition to taking the Oath (or Affirmation) required by Article 16, Section 1, Subsection (b) or (d), of the Texas Constitution, take the following Oath or Affirmation before entering upon the duties of the office:
"I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm), that I will faithfully execute the duties of the office of _____, of the City of Carrollton, State of Texas, and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States and of this State and the Charter and ordinances of this city; so help me God."
(Adopted by electorate, 9/19/1961; Am. Ordinance 1361 adopted 4/7/1987; Am. Ordinance 2364 adopted 8/11/1998)