Elections

The City of Dalworthington Gardens has been under contract with the Tarrant County Elections Administration for the entire election process for many years. The Mayor and City Council call the election in a public City Council meeting. The City Secretary's office accepts applications from persons filing for office. From those applications, the City Secretary prepares the wording for the ballots and submits the wording to Tarrant County Elections Administration for ballot preparation. 

Tarrant County Elections Administration produces the ballots. The Mayor, City Council and City Staff do not have access to ballots before, during or after elections. Tarrant County Elections Administration selects the Election Judges and the Election Clerks and provides election equipment. The equipment is tested and locked by Tarrant County Elections Administration staff before it is delivered to the voting site. The Mayor, City Council and City Staff are not given keys or passwords to operate the voting equipment. The voting equipment is not connected nor does it operate off the City server or other City lines. The Election Judges and Clerks are the only ones with access to ballots and the voting equipment during the elections. 

Election results are counted by the Tarrant County Elections Administration, and the results emailed to City Staff from the Tarrant County Elections Administration in Fort Worth. The same results are posted on the Tarrant County Elections Administration website HERE and available for public viewing. The final election results are emailed from Tarrant County Elections Administration and used by the City Secretary to prepare the canvassing item on City Council agenda following the election.

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MAY 3, 2025 GENERAL ELECTION INFORMATION

The first day to file an application for Place on Ballot, for the positions of Alderman Place 3, Alderman Place 4, and Alderman Place 5  in the May 3, 2025, General Election will be January 14, 2025; the last day to file an Application for Place on Ballot will be February 14, 2025 by 5:00 p.m. During the filing period, candidate filings are accepted during normal business hours, excluding holidays. No filing fee is required. Candidate packets can be picked up at City Hall, 2600 Roosevelt Drive, Dalworthington Gardens, Texas 76016. 

Find additional election-related dates and information at https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/voter/important-election-dates.shtml

For information about Voter Registration and Elections conducted by the Tarrant County Election Department: https://www.tarrantcountytx.gov/en/elections.html 

For information regarding Voter Registration and Elections in Texas: https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/index.shtml 

Per the Sec. of State's CSO-3449 Advisory of August 3, 2020, candidate applications may be filed:
- in person, with the City Secretary's office at City Hall; 
- by mail; an application submitted by mail is considered to be filed at the time of its receipt by the appropriate filing authority. (Secs. 143.007(b); 144.005(b)); or
- by fax or email - A signed, sworn, scanned candidate application (and petition, if applicable) may be submitted by fax or email if there is no filing fee. Please be advised that an application must be notarized prior to filing via fax or email.