Board Elections

Longview ISD's upcoming General Election is scheduled for May 4, 2024. The election aims to elect one trustee each for Places 1, 3, and 7 for full terms.

Early voting will be conducted at Longview ISD Education Support Center located at 1301 E. Young St.

Interested candidates can submit their Application for Place on the Ballot for the May 4, 2024 General Election starting from Wednesday, January 17, 2024.

The deadline for filing the application is 5 p.m. Friday, February 16, 2024. 

A special election will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 7, to elect a trustee for the vacant District 5 seat on the Longview ISD board.

Click here to see the Notice for Special Election.

Click here to see the Notice for Voting Order Priority.

The candidate filing period was from Aug. 15 to Sept. 6, 2023.

Filing for election are: 

• Chandalyn Jenkins
• Lateefah Pruitt
• Victoria Gonzales

To see all three Place 5 candidate filings please click here.

Voters living within District 5 boundaries are eligible to cast ballots in this election. If you are not registered yet, or need to update your registration, you have until October 10 to do that. Head to GreggCountyVotes.com or VoteTexas.gov to register. 

Early Voting begins Monday, October 23, 2023 and ends Friday, November 3, 2023. Election Day is Tuesday, November 7, 2023. If you need to request an absentee or mail-in ballot, you can do so on the Gregg County Elections site using the link below.This site also lists instructions and criteria you must meet in order to apply for a mail-in ballot. The last day to apply for a mail-in ballot for the November election is Friday, October 27, 2023.  GreggCountyVotes.com/vote-by-mail

GREGG COUNTY PARTICIPATES IN THE COUNTY-WIDE POLLING PLACE PROGRAM. Any Gregg County Registered Voter may vote at any site we have open.

ELECTION DAY IS 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. NOV. 7, 2023

EARLY VOTING - OCTOBER 23 – NOVEMBER 3

MAIN EARLY VOTING LOCATION
Gregg County Courthouse - 101 E Methvin St, Rm 112, Longview, TX 75601
WK 1: Mon, Oct 23 – Fri, Oct 27 8 AM to 6 PM
WK 2: Mon, Oct 30 - Wed, Nov 1 8 AM to 6 PM
Thur, Nov 2 – Fri, Nov 3 7 AM to 7 PM

BRANCH EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS
Pine Tree ISD Community Center – 1701 Pine Tree Rd, Longview, TX 75604
Longview ISD Education Support Center – 1301 E Young St, Longview, TX 75602
City of Lakeport - City Hall - 207 Milam St, Longview, TX 75603
WK 1: Mon, Oct 23 – Fri, Oct 27 8 AM to 6 PM
WK 2: Mon, Oct 30 – Fri, Nov 3 8 AM to 6 PM

As the current candidates for election are unopposed, the May 6th General Election will be canceled. Current board member Brett Miller will be re-elected to District 2, and new board member Crista Black will be replacing Ginia Northcutt in District 4.

The District Elections Coordinator/Early Voting Clerk is Milagros Cordoba at P.O. Box 3268, Longview, TX 75606. For more information please call 903-381-2269. 

For more information about the LISD Board of Trustees please click here.

• Jan. 18, 2023: first day to file an application for a Place on the General Election Ballot.
• Feb. 17, 2023: last day to file for an application for a Place on the General Election Ballot.
• April 6, 2023: last day to register to vote, and due date of Campaign Finance Report.
• April 24, 2023: first day of in-person early voting.
• April 25, 2023: last day to apply for ballot by mail.
• April 28, 2023: due date of Campaign Finance Report.
• May 2, 2023: last day of in-person early voting.
• May 6, 2023: ELECTION DAY!

Elections are conducted annually in May. Elections of Trustees are held annually for three-year terms in cycles keyed off the years below:

Places 1, 3, and 7: 2024, 2027, 2030 and in three-year intervals thereafter.
Places 5 and 6: 2025, 2028, 2031 and in three-year intervals thereafter.
Places 2 and 4: 2023, 2026, 2029 and in three-year intervals thereafter.

If an individual is interested in serving on the Board of Trustees, the first day to file an application for a place on the ballot in a school district’s general election is the 30th day before the filing deadline. The filing deadline for a general election is 5 p.m. on the 78th day before election day. Tex. Educ. Code § 11.055(a); Tex. Elec. Code § 144.005. The deadline to file a declaration of write-in candidacy is 5 p.m. on the 74th day before election day.

The filing period for the November 2023 election is July 22 through August 21, 2023. Candidate application packets are available in the LISD administration building.

• Notice of Deadline to File an Application for Place on the Ballot

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

• To be elected to a school board, an individual must be a qualified vote: 18 years of age or older, a U.S. 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
• A person is ineligible to serve on a school board if the person has been convicted of a felony or an offense under Texas Penal Code section 43.02(b) regarding prostitution.
  Tex. Educ. Code § 11.066
• 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.
    Election Code 1.020, 141.001(a); Education Code 11.066; Gov’t Code 601.009; Tex. Const. Art. XVI, Sec. 14 

An application for a place on the ballot must be in writing; signed sworn to by the candidate before a person authorized to administer an oath, and dated; timely filed with the district’s filing authority (Tax Assessor or superintendent’s administrative assistant); 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 a description of the location of the candidate’s residence;
• 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;
• the candidate’s length of continuous residence in Texas and in the district (and single-member district, if applicable) as of the date the candidate swears to the application;
• 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; and swears an oath to support and defend the U.S. and Texas Constitutions and laws.