Petition filing for the 2023 municipal election begins Monday morning. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line] 

Petition filing for next year’s municipal election begins Monday morning as candidates vie to position themselves first on the Feb. 28 ballot.  

With the mayor, clerk, treasurer, all 50 aldermen and new district councils for civilian oversight of the police department all on the ballot this year, this will likely be a “high candidate year,” according to election officials.