2024 City Council Election

City General Election- November 5, 2024

Notice for Filing Petitions for City Offices

To the Qualified Electors of the City of Hillsdale: Notice is hereby given, Nominating petitions will be received at the office of the City Clerk, Hillsdale, Michigan until the deadline of 4 p.m., Tuesday, April 23, 2024, for the following offices: 

• Council Member First (1) Ward
• Council Member Second (2) Ward
• Council Member Third (3) Ward
• Council Member Fourth (4) Ward

Nomination petition forms and supplemental information must be obtained from the City Clerks Office, City Hall, 97 N. Broad Street, Hillsdale, Michigan during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Candidates for City Office must be: a US citizen, a qualified elector and be a resident of the City of Hillsdale for three (3) years, as well as residing in the Ward they will represent (for Wards 1, 2, 3 ,4), for six (6) months prior to the date of the election (sec.5-1), and shall not be in default to the City. 

Petitions for Mayor and Council Members require not less than 25 signatures of qualified electors and not more than 50 qualified electors signatures. 

If there are more than two candidates for the same office, candidates will be placed on the Primary Election ballot for August 6, 2024 where the top two candidates receiving votes will qualify for the General Election on November 5, 2024. If there are not more than two candidates for the same office there will not be an August Primary for council and all qualified candidates will appear on the November ballot.       

CANDIDATES (4/24/2024):

Ward One - Tony Vear, Jacob Bruns

Ward Two- Matthew Bentley

Ward Three - Bob Flynn, Cindy Merritt, Matthew Kniffin (Primary Election) 

Ward Four- Robert Socha, Sara Yacks

 For more information please contact the City Clerk at 517-437-6441.