2024 July 23 Filing Deadline for November 5, 2024 General Municipal Election

CITY OF READING

2024

 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION

A General Municipal Election will be held in the City of Reading on Tuesday, November 5, 2024 to elect one person to be Mayor and two people to the Office of Councilor. The person elected to be Mayor shall serve a two-year term beginning at noon on January 1, 2025 and expiring at noon on January 1, 2027. Two people elected to the Office of Councilor shall serve four-year terms beginning at noon on January 1, 2025 and expiring at noon on January 1, 2029.

A person seeking to qualify, as a candidate for any elective office shall file with the Clerk/Treasurer a properly completed “Nominating Petition” on a form secured from the office of the Clerk/Treasurer. The “Nominating Petition” shall include the signatures of at least fifteen, but no more than twenty-five registered electors of the City of Reading.

Each candidate for Elective Office shall file with his or her petition an AFFIDAVIT OF IDENTITY AND RECEIPT OF FILING as provided by State Law.  All non-incumbents are required to file a STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION FOR CANDIDATE COMMITTEE. 

Petitions must be returned to City Hall by 4:00 P.M. on/or before Tuesday, July 23, 2024.

Kimberly Blythe, Clerk/Treasurer