Election Information / 2024 Trustee Election

EMS ISD Election Information for May 4, 2024, Trustee General Election

2024 Trustee Election

The School Board Election was scheduled for May 4, 2024, for Places 1 and 2. Both places had only one candidate file an application for a place on the ballot. With all races unopposed, the election has been cancelled. The unopposed candidates, Dr. Marilyn Tolbert in Place 1 and Mrs. Paige Ring in Place 2, will assume their 2024-2027 terms after the May 4, 2024 election date.

About the Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees consists of seven members elected to serve, without compensation, for overlapping three-year terms. Elections are held annually on the first Saturday in May. While candidates run for specific places, they do not represent specific geographical areas. Rather, each represents EMS ISD at large. The board annually elects a president, vice president and a secretary at the organizational meeting for the election of officers.

To be elected to the EMS ISD Board of Trustees, a candidate must receive a plurality of votes, meaning more votes than any other candidate, except as otherwise provided by law.

Policy BBB(LOCAL)

Filing Information/Deadline

Candidate packets may be obtained from the EMS ISD Office of Chief Financial Officer located at EMS ISD Administration Building, 1600 Mustang Rock Road, Fort Worth, TX, 76179. Packets are available for pickup beginning in January of scheduled election years (January 2024 for the May 2024 School Board Election).

Completed forms are filed with the Office of Chief Financial Officer.

Candidate Filings Received (To be listed by Place and then by Order of Applications Received)

Place 1

Marilyn Tolbert

Application for a Place on the Ballot for Place 1

Code of Fair Campaign Practices

Appointment of a Campaign Treasurer

Place 2

Paige Ring

Application for a Place on the Ballot for Place 2

Code of Fair Campaign Practices
Appointment of a Campaign Treasurer

Procedures for Candidates Filing for School Board Trustee

The following forms must be completed and filed with the Office of Chief Financial Officer located at EMS ISD Administration Building, 1600 Mustang Rock Road, Fort Worth, Texas, 76179, no sooner than 8:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 17, 2024, nor later than 5:00 p.m., Friday, February 16, 2024.

Complete Form 2-49 Application for a Place on the Ballot for a General Election for a School District. The application must be notarized.

Complete Form CFCP - Code of Fair Campaign Practices.

Complete Form CTA - Appointment of a Campaign Treasure by a Candidate (can be self). Please refer to the Form CTA Instruction Guide.

Form C/OH - Candidate/Officeholder Campaign Finance Report is to be completed and filed according to the Texas Ethics Commission Uniform (Local) Filing Schedule for the 2024 Uniform Election Dates. Please refer to the Form C/OH Instruction Guide.

Complete Form CIS - Local Government Officer Conflicts Disclosure Statement.

Complete Form CIQ - Conflict of Interest Questionnaire.

Candidates may file applications and forms by any option below:

(Applications filed by e-mail, fax, or mail, must be notarized prior to submitting.)

In person during business hours at the Office of Chief Financial Officer, located at EMS ISD Administration Building, 1600 Mustang Rock Road, Fort Worth, Texas, 76179.

By e-mail to elections@ems-isd.net

By fax to 817-232-0238, Attention: Robb Welch, Elections Coordinator

By mail to Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD, Attn: Robb Welch, Elections Coordinator, 1600 Mustang Rock Road, Fort Worth, Texas, 76179.

Candidate Qualification Requirements

Current state law requires a candidate for trustee of an independent school district to be a qualified voter by the time required, Election Code Section 141.001.

Texas Election Code 141.001 (eligibility requirements)

Texas Election Code 141.031 (application requirements)

Texas Education Code 11.061 (candidate for trustee of an independent school district to be a qualified voter by the time required)

BBA(LEGAL) (EMS ISD Board Members Eligibility/Qualifications)

Trustee Election Notices

- Certification of Unopposed Candidates

- Order of Cancellation

- Order of Election

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

- Internet Posting Requirements for Political Subdivisions

- Notice of Voting Order Priority

Informational Links

Texas Secretary of State Elections Division: https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/index.shtml

Texas Secretary of State's May 4, 2024, Election Law Calendar: https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/laws/advisory2023-25.shtml

Texas Ethics Commission: https://www.ethics.state.tx.us/

Tarrant County Elections Center: https://www.tarrantcountytx.gov/en/elections.html

Tarrant County Elections Administrator, 817-831-8686

Eagle Mountain-Saginaw Independent School District: https://www.emsisd.com

Robb Welch, Chief Financial Officer/Elections Coordinator, 817-232-0880