To file for candidacy, you must meet the following qualifications:

• shall be a citizen of the United States;
• shall be 18 years of age or older on the first day of the term to be filled at the election;
• shall not have been determined mentally incompetent by a final judgment of a court;
• shall not have been finally convicted of a felony from which you have not been pardoned or had your civil rights restored by other official action;
• have resided continuously in the State for of Texas for 12 months and in the City for 12 months immediately preceding the date of the election;
• be a registered voter of the City of Benbrook, Texas .