Filing Petitions

Contact the Clerk's Office at 734-287-6550, option 6, if you have questions.

City elections are held in the City of Taylor every four years. Elections are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in August (Primary) and November (General). The City Clerk is the city’s chief elections officer and is responsible for the administration of all city elections. All local elected official’s terms expire at the same time.  They are all four (4) year terms.

Packets are available for those who are interested in running for local office in 2021.  Anyone interested needs to call ahead to make arrangements to pick one up because City Hall is open by appointments only. Call (734) 287-6550 Option 6. A one-page primer on the process is downloadable here

Running for City Office

Municipal elections in the City of Taylor are NON-PARTISAN. Pursuant to Section 4.1 the elective officers of the City shall be (a) a Mayor, (b) a City Clerk, (c) a Treasurer, (d) seven (7) Council members.

Primary Elections

City Primary elections for Mayor, Clerk, Treasurer, and City Council are held only if necessary. 

The filing deadline to run for local office is the 15^th Tuesday before the August primary by 4 p.m.

Qualifications for City Office and Filing Petitions

The Taylor City Charter requires that candidates for Mayor, Clerk, Treasurer, and City Council receive nominating petitions from the City Clerk. Each candidate shall submit petitions bearing the signatures of at least one hundred and fifty (150) and not more than three hundred (300) registered electors requesting such candidacy. Signatures are only valid for one hundred and eighty (180) days, signatures collected before that time frame will not be counted.

Pursuant to Section 4.2 of the Taylor City Charter, a person is eligible to hold an elected City office if the person on the date of filing petitions for election is a registered qualified elector of the City for one (1) year at the time of filing the petitions.  Each candidate shall also file with their petition a Statement of Candidacy and an Affidavit of Identity (forms provided in packet). 

A packet of information and nominating and/or qualifying (no party affiliation) petition forms can be picked up in person at the City Clerk’s Office between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays. Please call the City Clerk at 734.374.1475 for more information.