Lake Havasu City Clerk, Kelly Williams, announced that packets containing information, forms, documents and petitions necessary for a potential candidate to run for City Council in the Fall Election will be available, Monday, January 8, 2018. One (1) Mayor and three (3) Councilmember positions will be on the ballot in the Fall Primary Election on August 28, 2018.  Those seats are currently held by Mayor Mark S. Nexsen, and Councilmembers Jeni Coke, Michele, Lin, and Cal Sheehy.  

Prospective candidates may pick up their packet directly from the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall anytime during regular office hours.  Candidates must be eighteen years of age or older at the time of filing nomination papers, a qualified elector of Lake Havasu City, and have resided within the corporate limits of the City at least one year prior to the election.  All properly-executed documents, including nomination petitions containing no fewer than 471 and no more than 942 signatures must be returned to the City Clerk’s Office no earlier than April 30, 2018, and no later than May 30, 2018.

For additional information, contact the City Clerk’s Office at 928-453-4142.