School Board Elections
Current Elections
Date of the next election:
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Location of each polling place:
| County Precinct | ZCISD Place | Site | Polling Site Location |
| Precinct 1 | Place 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 | Zapata County Courthouse | 200 E. 7th Ave,"Bldg B", Zapata, TX |
| Precinct 1A | Place 1, 3, 6, 7 | Falcon Community Center | 3rd & Ramireño, Falcon, TX |
| Precinct 1B | Place 1, 3, 6, 7 | Lopeño Community Center | 4th St. & "A" Avenue, Lopeño, TX |
| Precinct 2 | Place 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 | Zapata County Pavilion | 23rd Ave. & Glenn St. Zapata, TX |
| Precinct 2A | Place 2, 6, 7 | Gabriel Villarreal Senior Citizens Nutrition Center | 507 Matamoros Ave, San Ygnacio, TX |
| Precinct 3 | Place 3, 5, 6, 7 | Zapata County Community Center | 605 N. US Hwy 83, Zapata, TX |
| Precinct 4 | Place 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 | Precinct No. 4 Annex Bldg. | 1701 17th Ave., Zapata, TX |
Each candidate for an elected office on the ballot:
| Place 2 | Dora A. Sendejo |
| Place 5 | Anselmo Trevino, Jr. |
| Place 6 (at large) | Luis Carlos Guevara |
| Eddie Martinez, Jr. |
**Due to the fact that candidates in Place 2 and Place 5 are unopposed, their names shall appear on the ballot under Unopposed Candidates.
Candidate Eligibility Requirements
An individual is eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or appointed to, a Texas school board if the individual:
1. is a US citizen;
2. 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;
3. has not been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote;
4. has not been finally convicted of a felony from which the individual has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities;
5. 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:
a. for an independent candidate, the date of the regular filing deadline for a candidate's application for a place on the ballot;
b. for a write-in candidate, the date of the election at which the candidate's name is written in; or
c. for an appointee to an office, the date the appointment is made;
6. is registered to vote in the territory from which the office is elected on the date described at 5. above; and
7. satisfies any other eligibility requirements prescribed by law for the office.
2. 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;
3. has not been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote;
4. has not been finally convicted of a felony from which the individual has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities;
5. 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:
a. for an independent candidate, the date of the regular filing deadline for a candidate's application for a place on the ballot;
b. for a write-in candidate, the date of the election at which the candidate's name is written in; or
c. for an appointee to an office, the date the appointment is made;
6. is registered to vote in the territory from which the office is elected on the date described at 5. above; and
7. satisfies any other eligibility requirements prescribed by law for the office.
Additionally, 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 their 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
School District Elections from the Texas Secretary of State
Current state law requires a candidate for trustee of an independent school district to be a qualified voter by the time required by Election Code Section 141.001. An application for place on the ballot (PDF) must be filed with the secretary of the school district board. In a special election held by a school district, an application for a place on the special election ballot (PDF) must be filed with the secretary of the school district board. This duty is typically delegated to someone in the school district office.
NOTE: We reviewed designing a new form just for school districts in order to better reflect the additional felony rules at Education Code Section 11.066. However, we currently lack statutory authority for a separate ISD form. You can educate candidates about the requirement in your web posting for qualifications. See Advisory No.2019-19 - NEW LAW: Web Posting Requirements for Political Subdivisions - House Bill 305, House Bill 440, Senate Bill 902, House Bill 933, House Bill 1850, and House Bill 2640 for details.
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