2024 Notice of General Election - posted 5/22/2024

November 7, 2023 General Election Results

Political Subdivision:

Henderson ISD
PO Box 728
Henderson, TX 75653

Elections Contact:

Amanda Wallace, Elections Administrator
(903) 655-5046
Henderson ISD
PO Box 728
Henderson, TX 75653
awallace@hendersonisd.org

Current Board of Trustees:

The next general election for the Board of Trustees will be: Tuesday, November 5, 2024.

The places up for the 2024 election will be District 3 Trustee, currently held by Adam Duey, and District 4 Trustee, currently held by Russell Brown.

Requirements and Deadline for Filing for Candidacy:

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; and contain specific information about the candidate:

• the candidate's name, date of birth, and occupation;

• the candidate's residence address or the address at which the candidate receives mail with a description of the location of the candidate's residence;

• 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;

• if available, a public mailing address and email address at which the candidate receives correspondence relating to the candidate's campaign;

• the office sought, including any place or other distinguishing number and an indication of whether the office sought is for a full or unexpired term;

• statements that the candidate is a U.S. citizen; has not been determined by a court to be mentally incapacitated; has not been convicted of a felony; is aware of the nepotism law; and swears an oath to support and defend the U.S. and Texas Constitutions and laws.

Eligibility: An individual is eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or appointed to, a Texas school board if the individual:

• is a United States citizen;

• is 18 years of age or older on the first day of the term to be filled at the election or on the date of appointment, as applicable;

• has not been determined by a final judgement of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote;

• has not been finally convicted of a felony;

• has resided continuously in the state for 12 months and in the territory from which the office is elected for six month immediately preceding the following date:

  • for an independent candidate, the date of the regular filing deadline for a candidate's application for a place on the ballot;

  • for a write-in candidate, the date of the election at which the candidate's name is written-in; or

  • for an appointee to an office, the date the appointment is made;

• is registered to vote in the territory from which the office is elected on the date described above; and

• satisfies any other eligibility requirements prescribed by law for the office.

Tex. Elec. Code 141.001

The Texas Education Code imposes additional requirements:

• To be elected to a school board, an individual must be a qualified voter: 18 years of age or older, a US 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. Elec. Code §141.001; Tex. Educ. Code §11.066.

Deadline to File for Candidacy: 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. The deadline to file a declaration of write-in candidacy is 5 p.m. on the 74th day before election day.
Tex. Elec. Code §144.005; Tex. Educ. Code §11.055(a)

https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/voter/important-election-dates.shtml

Candidate Reports Filed with the District

For more information regarding general elections:
Amanda Wallace, Elections Administrator
(903) 655-5046
Henderson ISD
PO Box 728
Henderson, TX 75653
awallace@hendersonisd.org