PRINCETON TO HOLD CITY COUNCIL ELECTION IN 2025
Preparations are being made in the Princeton City Clerk’s office for the upcoming City election set for Tuesday, June 3, 2025. The four Ward Council seats will be in contention as the current terms of the following Council Members are due to expire on June 30, 2025:
Jacqueline Rucker, Ward One
Marshall Lytton, Ward Two
James Hawkins, Ward Three
Joseph Allen, Ward Four
Candidate filing period, by nominating petition, will begin on February 1, 2025, and will continue through April 1, 2025. The nominating petitions and candidate information packets for those interested in running for City
Council may be obtained at the Princeton City Clerk’s office, 800 Bee Street, beginning on the 1st day of February, 2025. Candidates must meet basic eligibility requirements set forth by the WV Supreme Court of Appeals and the Princeton City Charter by being at least eighteen years of age and a year-long resident of the City of Princeton at the beginning of the Council’s new term on July 1, 2025. Further, electors who sign a candidate’s nominating petition must be registered voters, residents of the City of Princeton, and of the candidates’ election ward, or their signatures will be deemed inappropriate and not counted in the nominating process. The Ward candidates for Princeton City Council must obtain at least twenty-five (25) valid signatures from qualified City electors (voters) on their nominating petitions, but it is recommended that more than the minimum be obtained in the event some signatures are disqualified.
Princeton residents not registered to vote may do so at the Voter Registration Office in the Mercer County Courthouse until close of business on May 13, 2025. Any registration made after the May 13th deadline will not be included in the voter rolls in time of the City of Princeton’s election on June 3rd. Voters who were required to vote a provisional ballot during the last City election in 2023 should make inquiry at the Mercer County Courthouse, Voter Registration Office, to ensure any problem has been corrected.
Applications for absentee voting may be obtained from the Princeton City Clerk at the Municipal Building, 800 Bee Street.
Early voting in-person will be conducted at the Municipal Building during regular business hours from Wednesday, May 21st to Saturday, May 31st, 2025, including the Saturdays of May 24th and May 31st.
Anyone with any questions may contact the City Clerk’s Office at 304-487-5093 or email [email protected].