The next election for the Cherokee ISD Board of Trustees will be November 5, 2024. Early voting will take place at the San Saba County Courthouse, 500 E Wallace Street, San Saba, TX 76877. Regular voting will take place at the Cherokee Church of Christ, 308 S Indian Ave, Cherokee, Texas 76832.

Elected Board of Trustees and Place Year Term Expires

Place 1 - Kayla Forehand 2024

Place 2 -Anne Brownlee 2026

Place 3 - Tommy Morrison 2024

Place 4 - Travis Shannon 2024

Place 5 - Brandon Shanklin 2024

Place 6- Valerie Valdez 2026

Place 7 - Rodney Johnson 2024


Applications to file for a place on the ballot will be available during regular business hours in the Cherokee ISD Administration Building, 305 S Indian Ave, Cherokee, Texas 76832.  Applications may be returned to the office or emailed to admins@cherokeeisd.net.

Summer Months: 8:00 - 3:30, Monday - Thursday (July 22 - July 31)

During School: 8:00 - 4:00, Monday - Thursday (August 1 - August 19)

The first day to file for an open position is Saturday, July 20, 2024

The last day to file for an open position is Monday, August 19, 2024, 5:00 pm

The last day to file for a write-in candidacy is Monday, August 19, 2024, 5:00 pm

The last day to register to vote: Monday, October 2, 2024

First day of Early voting by Personal Appearance: Monday, October 21, 2024

Last day of Early voting by Personal Appearance: Friday, November 1, 2024

Last day to Apply for Ballot by Mail (Received, NOT postmarked): Friday, October 25, 2024

Last day to Receive Ballot by Mail (see note below): Tuesday, November 5, 2024, 7:00 pm

Voting information may be found by clicking on this link: Texas Secretary of State

Note: If the carrier envelope is NOT postmarked, OR Wednesday, November 9, 2022 (the next business day after Election Day) at 5:00 pm. if the carrier envelope IS postmarked by 7:00 pm at the location of the election on Election Day

According to the Texas Election Code, an individual is eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or appointed to, a Texas school board if the individual:

1. is a United States 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 disabilities1 (but see below regarding eligibility to serve);

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.

Tex. Elec. Code § 141.001.

The Texas Education Code adds eligibility requirements for a person to serve on a school board. 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. Thus, a person who has been convicted of a felony may not serve on a school board regardless of whether the person has been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities.

Additionally, to be elected to a school board, an individual must be a qualified voter: 18 years of age or older, a United States 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.

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