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Board of Trustees Election 2020 - Lockhart Independent School District
Lockhart Independent School District » About Us » Board of Trustees » Elections » Board of Trustees Election 2020
Date of next Board of Trustees election is November 3, 2020. Location to file Candidate applications is the ML Cisneros Education Support Center, 419 Bois D' Arc Street, Lockhart, Tx 78644.
(TEX. GOV’T CODE § 2051.152(A)(4))
Form, Content, and Procedure:
An application for a place on the ballot must be in writing; signed, sworn to by the candidate before a person authorized to administer an oath, and dated; timely filed with the district’s filing authority (often the superintendent’s secretary or another designated district employee); and contain specified information about the candidate:
• the candidate’s length of continuous residence in Texas and in the district (and single member district, if applicable) as of the date the candidate swears to the application;
An individual is eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or appointed to, aTexas school board if the individual:
• has resided continuously in the state for 12 months and in the territory from which the office is elected for six months immediately preceding the following date: o for an independent candidate, the date of the regular filing deadline for a candidate’s application for a place on the ballot; o for a write-in candidate, the date of the election at which the candidate’s name is written in; or o for an appointee to an office, the date the appointment is made;
Tex. Elec. Code § 141.001; Tex. Educ. Code § 11.066
• To be elected to a school board, an individual must be a qualified voter: 18 years of age or older, a U.S citizen, a Texas resident, a registered voter, not determined to be totally or partially mentally incapacitated by an appropriate court, and not finally convicted of a felony. Tex. Educ. Code § 11.061; Tex. Elec. Code § 11.002.
• A person is ineligible to serve on a school board if the person has been convicted of a felony or an offense under Texas Penal Code section 43.02(b) regarding prostitution. Tex. Educ. Code § 11.066.
For the candidate application and/or declaration of write-in candidacy forms (the Elections Division offers these forms) click the links below.
Texas Election Code sections 141.001 (eligibility requirements) and 141.0031 (application requirements)
Lockhart ISD’s BBA(LEGAL) (Eligibility/Qualifications) and BBBA(LEGAL) (Conducting Elections) policies
Elections Division Website
Terms, Qualifications, and Vacancies
VR for Candidates (HB 484) FAQ
The first day to file an application for a place on the ballot in a school district’s general election is the 30th day before the filing deadline. The filing deadline for a general election is 5 p.m. on the 78th day before election day. Tex. Educ. Code § 11.055(a); Tex. Elec. Code § 144.005. The deadline to file a declaration of write-in candidacy is 5 p.m. on the 74th day before election day.