2026 Election Information

Election Date

Saturday, May 2, 2026

Voting Location

Kinney County Civic Center (early voting)

Methodist Slater Hall (election day)
Brackettville, TX 78832

Early Voting (In Person)

April 20 – April 28, 2026

Voting by Mail

Apply for a Ballot by Mail

Application Window:

• First Day: January 1, 2026

• Last Day: April 20, 2026
  (If the deadline falls on a holiday, it moves to the preceding business day.)

Return Applications To:

BISD Election Administrator
PO Box 586 (USPS)
201 N. Ann St. (FedEx, UPS, or hand delivery)
Brackettville, TX 78832

📧 Email: veronica.ibanez@brackettisd.net

Original application must be received within four days of emailing.

📠 Fax: 830-867-2044

Original application must be received within four days of faxing.

Candidate Filing Information

Dates to File for Candidacy

• First Day: January 14, 2026

• Last Day: February 13, 2026 by 5:00 p.m.

Office Hours:

• Monday–Thursday: 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

• February 13 only: 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

 Requirements:

• An application for a place on the ballot must be in writing; signed, sworn to by the candidate before an authorized person to administer an oath, and dated; timely filed with the district’s filing authority; 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 the 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;
• if available, a public mailing address and email address at which the candidate receives correspondence relating to the candidate’s campaign;
• the office sought, including any place or other distinguishing 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.

Eligibility:

Board Policy Manual 

To be eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or appointed to, the office of 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 above; and satisfies any other eligibility requirements prescribed by law for the office.

Ineligibility:

A person is ineligible to serve as a member of the board of a district if the person has been convicted of a felony or an offense under Penal Code 43.021 (solicitation of prostitution). Education Code 11.066

Full eligibility and ineligibility requirements are outlined in the Board Policy Manual and Texas Education Code.