Filing opens for May uniform election

Applications to be on a city council or school board ballot for the May 4 Uniform Election opened Jan. 17 and closes Friday, Feb. 16. According to election code, to be eligible to run for office a person must be an United States citizen, 18-years-old by the time of the start of term, a resident of Texas for at least a year and within the entities boundaries for six months, not be convicted of a…