Election Information

The next election of the Yorktown ISD Board of Trustees will be on the Uniform Election Date in May 2023 (May 6, 2023).

First Day to File for a Place on the Ballot: January 18, 2023
Last Day to File for a Place on the Ballot:  February 17, 2023 at 4:30 p.m.  

The eligibility requirements for candidates for the Board of Trustees are as follows:

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 judgment 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 from which the person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities;
• 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; 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.

The Texas Education Code imposes additional requirements:

• To be elected to a school board, an individual must be a qualified voter. 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 solicitation of prostitution under Texas Penal Code section 43.021. Tex. Educ. Code § 11.066.
   

The filing period for the May 6, 2023 election is January 18, 2023 thru February 17, 2023.

Link to application to file for a place on the general election ballot. https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/forms/pol-sub/2-21f.pdf

Link to form for declaration of a write in candidate.  https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/forms/pol-sub/2-23f.pdf