2026 Election Information

Election Date

Saturday, May 2, 2026

Voting Location

(Early Voting & Election Day – subject to change)
Kinney County Civic Center
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.