Application for a Place on the Ballot
This application is to be filed with Judy Dohnalik in the Temple College President’s Office no earlier than Wednesday, January 17, 2024, or no later than Friday, February 16, 2024. Applications must include a Place Number in the Office Sought. The 2024 election will be for Places 1, 2 and 3. The Place occupied by each member of the current Board of Trustees can be found on the College’s website.
This application can be sworn to before: 1) a judge, clerk of commissioner of any court of record; 2) a notary public; 3) a justice of the peace; or 4) the Secretary of the State of Texas.
To be eligible to be a candidate for the office of Temple College District Trustee, a person must be a REGISTERED voter and reside in the College District.
Details on eligibility for public office in Texas
Details on eligibility for office of political subdivisions other than county or city
Details on withdrawing as a candidate for office
Information on write-in candidacies
ETHICS INFORMATION – Texas Ethics Commission
2024 Filing Schedule for Reports Due in Connection with Elections Held on Uniform Election Dates
Campaign Finance Guide for Candidates and Officeholders Who File with Local Filing Authorities
Chapter 258, Election Code - Fair Campaign Practices
IMPORTANT FORMS
Form CFCP – Code of Fair Campaign Practices
Form CTA – Appointment of a Campaign Treasurer
POLITICAL ADVERTISING
Political Advertising - What You Need to Know (Texas Ethics Commission)
Information on signs and advertising in Temple (Chapter 22, Article II of the City of Temple Code of Ordinances)
Detailed information about signs allowed in Temple (Article 7, Section 7.6 of the city’s Uniform Development Code)
Placing campaign signs in right-of-ways (Texas Department of Transportation)