Election Information

The City Secretary’s Office is responsible for conducting municipal elections as prescribed by the Election Code of the State of Texas. 

The Mayor (Place 1) and Council members in Place 2, 4, and 6 shall be elected at the general election in even-numbered years and Council members in Place 3, 5, and 7 in odd-numbered years.  All members of the Council shall be elected under the place system, at large for a period of two years. No person shall serve for more than four consecutive terms on the Council, regardless of place.  A term shall mean a period of time for which a councilmember is elected to office, regardless of the number of days served.  No person shall serve his/her full complement of successive terms more than twice during his/her lifetime.  Each member of Council shall be a citizen of the City for a period of twelve (12) months, and a qualified voter of the State of Texas.

2012 Notice of Deadline to File Applications for Place on Ballot
Posted on 2011-12-30

Election Day, Early Voting and Location 

The general election will be held on Saturday, May 12, 2012.  The polling place for early voting and Election Day will be at the Highland Village Municipal Complex, 1000 Highland Village Road.  The hours of the polling place on Election Day will be 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. 

Citizens are encouraged to bring their voter registration cards with them to the polling location. To determine if you are registered to vote in Denton County please click here.  If you have any questions regarding your registration card, please contact Denton County Elections Division at 940.349.3200.

Early Voting by Personal Appearance
April 30 – May 08, 2012 

First day for early voting by personal appearance begins April 30, 2012 and concludes on May 08, 2012.  The hours of the polling place during early voting are Monday-Friday from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. with extended hours of 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. on May 07 and 08.

Vote Early by Mail

A registered voter is eligible for early voting by mail if the voter meets at least one of the following criteria:

1. Out of the county. The voter will be out of the county of the voter’s residence on Election Day and during the hours of voting at the main early voting polling place during the part of the period for early voting by personal appearance remaining after the voter’s early voting ballot application is submitted to the city secretary. If the voter does not submit the application before early voting by personal appearance begins, the voter is ineligible for early voting by mail unless the voter is absent from the county when the application is submitted.
2. Disability. The voter has an illness or physical condition that prevents the voter from appearing at the polling place on Election Day
3. Age. The voter is 65 years of age or older on Election Day
4. Confinement in jail. The voter is confined in jail at the time the application is submitted:

• serving a misdemeanor sentence for a term that ends on or after election day;
• pending trial after denial of bail;
• without bail pending an appeal of a felony conviction; or 
• pending trial or appeal on a bailable offense for which release on bail before Election Day is unlikely.

Please contact the city secretary’s office at 972.899.5132 to obtain an application to vote by mail.