The Rains ISD Board of Trustees are comprised of seven members who are elected to serve 4-year terms with elections conducted biennially on the May uniform election date. The Board seats are filled by place, as follows:

The next Rains ISD School Board of Trustees General Election will be held on May 3, 2025. The General Election will be to elect three school board trustees to fill places 1, 2, and 3 for a term of four(4) years. To be elected, a candidate must receive a plurality of votes, therefore, the candidates receiving the most votes will win the position.

IMPORTANT DATES:

First day to apply for a Ballot by Mail using Application for a Ballot by Mail (ABBM) or Federal Post Card Application (FPCA): Wednesday, January 1, 2025

First day to file for a place on the ballot: Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Last day to file for a place on the ballot: Friday, February 14, 2023, at 5:00 PM

Last day to apply for Ballot by Mail: Tuesday, April 22, 2025 (Received, not Postmarked)

Applications for Ballot by Mail can be mailed to:

Lisa Kneifl, Rains County Elections Administrator
220 W. Quitman Street, Suite E
Emory, Texas 75440
Phone: 903-473-5009 Fax: 903-473-5086
Email: Lisa.Kneifl@co.rains.tx.us
Rains County Elections Website

Last day to receive the Ballot by Mail in the office of Elections Administrator: Saturday, May 3, 2025 (election day) at 7:00 PM if carrier envelope is not postmarked, OR Monday, May 5, 2025 (next business day after Election Day) at 5:00 PM if carrier envelope is postmarked by 7:00 PM

Last day to register to vote or make changes: Thursday, April 3, 2025

First day of Early voting by Personal Appearance: Monday, April 21, 2025

Last day of Early Voting by Personal Appearance: Tuesday, April 29, 2025

BOARD MEMBERS ELIGIBILITY/QUALIFICATIONS: Board Policy BBA(LEGAL)

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

1. Is a United States citizen;

2. Is 18 years of age 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 of jurisdiction to be totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated with the right to vote;

4. Has not been finally convicted of a felon from which the individual has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities;

5. Has resided continuously in the state for 12 months and in the territory from which the office is elected for six months immediately proceeding the following dates:

   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;

   d. is registered to vote in the territory from which the office is elected on the date described at 5 above; and 

   e. satisfies any other eligibility requirements prescribed by law for the office.

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