School Board Election Information
Quinlan ISD Board of Trustees Election, Saturday, May 4, 2024
The QISD Board of Trustees consists of seven members elected to serve, without compensation, for overlapping three-year terms. To be elected to the QISD Board of Trustees, a candidate must receive a plurality of votes, meaning more votes than any other candidate.
Filing Information/Deadline
- First Day to File for Place on Ballot - January 16, 2024
- Last Day to File for Place on Ballot - February 16, 2024 (5:00 p.m.)
Election Requirements
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, Angela Witherspoon; and contain specified 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 as of the date the candidate swears to the application;
- A public mailing address and email address, if available, at which the candidate receives correspondence relating to the candidate’s campaign;
- The office sought, including place 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 months 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;
- For an appointee to an office, the date the appointment is made;
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 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. Texas Education Code 11.061; Texas Election 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. Texas Education Code 11.066.