ELECTION INFORMATION

The City of Cleveland governing body consist of a Mayor and five (5) Council Persons.

The City of Cleveland General Election is held on the 1st Saturday in May of each year. The Mayor and each Council Person shall hold office for two (2) year terms. 

In an election to the office of mayor or councilmember, where no candidate receives a majority of all the votes cast for such office at such election, the city council shall, immediately upon declaring the official results of the election, issue a call for a runoff election for every office to which no one was elected. Such runoff election shall be held on such date as established by law. In such runoff election the two (2) candidates who received the highest number of votes for such office shall be voted on again, and the candidate who receives the majority of the votes for such office in the runoff election shall be elected to such office.

The City of Cleveland's General Election will be held on Saturday, May 4, 2024, at the Cleveland Civic Center located at 210 Peach Ave, and other locations set by the Liberty County Elections Administrator. Filing for a place on the ballot is set by state statute and takes place from January 17 – February 16, 2024. Positions up for election are Council Member Positions 3, 4 and 5. Early Voting for the 2024 General Election, will be between April 22 - 30, 2024.


2024 Internet Posting Requirement for Political Subdivisions

Reference Links 

Secretary of State Elections:  https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/candidates/index.shtml 

Secretary of State Election Calendar 

Liberty County Elections Administrator:  https://www.co.liberty.tx.us/page/liberty.Elections

Montgomery County Elections Administrator

https://elections.mctx.org/

Voter Registration 

936-253-8050 

Click here to find out if registered

Liberty County registered voters who need to update their voter registration information or residents who would like to register to vote, visit www.VoteTexas.gov


THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER TO VOTE FOR THE CITY ELECTION IS: 

April 4, 2024

Qualifications for Mayor or Councilmember

3.02     QUALIFICATIONS:

The Mayor shall be a resident citizen of the City of Cleveland, at least twenty-one (21) years of age, and a qualified voter of the State of Texas: and shall have been a resident of the City of Cleveland for a period of not less than twelve (12) months immediately preceding his election, and shall not be indebted to the City of Cleveland.

Each Councilman shall be a resident citizen of the City of Cleveland, at least twenty-one (21) years of age, and shall have been a resident of the City of Cleveland for a period of at least twelve (12) months immediately preceding the election, shall be a qualified voter of the State of Texas, and shall not be indebted to the City of Cleveland.  If the Mayor or any Council member fails to maintain the foregoing qualifications or shall be absent from three consecutive regularly scheduled meetings without valid excuse, or shall move from the legally established boundaries of the City of Cleveland, the City Council must at its next regular meeting declare a vacancy to exist and shall fill said vacancy as set forth in Section 3.06 of this charter.

PDF copy of the Home Rule Charter

VOTER ID REQUIREMENTS

Photo ID Information

 Acceptable Forms of Identification (PDF)

Notice of Acceptable Identification Poster (English)
8.5x14 (PDF) | 11x17 (PDF) | 24x36 (PDF)

Notice of Acceptable Identification Poster (Spanish)
8.5x14 (PDF) | 11x17 (PDF) | 24x36 (PDF)

Ready. Check. Vote. Information Card (English (PDF) | Spanish (PDF)

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