May 1 ballot application filing open through Feb. 12
Local towns and school boards are taking applications for a place on the ballot for the May 1 Uniform Election through Feb. 12. According to the elections code, to be eligible to run for office a person must be a United States citizen, 18-yearsold by the time of the start of the term, a resident of Texas for at least a year and within the entities boundaries for six months, not be a convicted of…