School Board Elections and Voting

Next School Board Election

May 2,  2026

Order of Election

Filing Dates

First Day to File is:  January 14, 2026  

Last Day to File is:   February 14, 2026

Location to File a Candidate Application -

Richland Springs ISD Central Office

700 West Coyote Trail

Richland Springs, Texas 76871

Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or appointed to, the office of a school board member, a person must:

  • Be a United States citizen.

  • Be 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.

  • Have 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.

  • Have not been finally convicted of a felony from which the person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities [but see Ineligibility below].

  • Have 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.

  • Be registered to vote in the territory from which the office is elected on the date described at item 5, above.

  • Satisfy any other eligibility requirements prescribed by law for the office

Election Code 1.020, 141.001(a); Education Code 11.066; Gov’t Code 601.009; Tex. Const. Art. XVI, Sec. 14

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