Here's your voters guide for the May 2023 election in South Texas cities and schools
Some Texas public entities, like cities and school districts, will hold general elections on May 6. Find out what’s on the ballot, early voting locations, Election Day voting locations and other information for voters in Nueces, San Patricio, Aransas and Kleberg counties.
What are the key dates?
The last day to register to vote was Thursday, April 6.
Early voting begins Monday, April 24, and ends Tuesday, May 2.
If you are voting by mail, your application to vote by mail must be received (not postmarked) by Tuesday, April 25. Mail ballots must be received by Saturday, May 6.
Election Day is Saturday, May 6.
Am I registered to vote?
You can check on the Texas secretary of state website at https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/ to see if you are registered to vote. You'll need some basic information like name, date of birth and county to check your status.
What to bring to the polls
State law requires registered voters to present one of seven forms of identification in order to vote in person at a polling location. They include:
Texas driver's license issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas election identification certificate issued by DPS
Texas personal identification card issued by DPS
Texas license to carry a handgun issued by DPS
United States military identification card containing person's photograph
United States citizenship certificate containing the person's photograph
United States passport
Can I vote by mail?
The state of Texas only allows registered voters to cast a mail-in ballot in certain circumstances. To be able to vote by mail in Texas you must meet one of the below requirements:
Be 65 years or older.
Be disabled.
Be out of the county on Election Day and during the period for early voting by personal appearance.
Be expected to give birth within three weeks before or after Election Day.
Be confined in jail, but otherwise eligible.
If you meet one of these requirements and are registered to vote, download the application from the Texas secretary of state’s website, then mail or hand-deliver it to the election administrator in your county.
Voters must provide either their Texas identification, driver's license, election identification certificate number or the last four digits of their Social Security number on both their ballot application and carrier envelope. Your application and/or ballot will be rejected if the information is not provided or does not match the information on file.
Nueces CountyCounty Clerk Kara Sands901 Leopard St., second floor, Room 201Corpus Christi, TX 78401
San Patricio CountyElections Administrator Pamela Hill410 W. Market St.Sinton, TX 78387
Aransas CountyElections Administrator Kevin A. Stroud602 East Concho St.Rockport, TX 78382
Kleberg CountyCounty Clerk Salvador "Sonny" Barrera III700 E. Kleberg Ave.Kingsville, TX 78363
ELECTION DAY VOTING LOCATIONS
Election Day voting is from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 6, at the following locations:
Nueces County
City of Bishop and Bishop CISD
Bishop Multipurpose Building, 115 S. Ash St., Bishop
Calallen ISD
Calallen ISD Central Administration Office, 4205 Wildcat Drive
City of Port Aransas and Port Aransas ISD
Port Aransas Community Center, 408 N. Alister St., Port Aransas
San Patricio County
City of Aransas Pass and Aransas Pass ISD
Aransas Pass Civic Center Lightning Whelk Room, 700 W. Wheeler Ave., Aransas Pass
City of Ingleside
Humble Community Center, 2821 Main St., Ingleside
City of Mathis and Mathis ISD
Mathis City Hall Annex, 401 E. San Patricio Ave., Mathis
City of Odem and Odem-Edroy ISD
Odem Planters Co-op, 200 Voss Ave., Odem
City of Portland and Gregory-Portland ISD
Portland Community Center Multi Purpose Room, 2000 Billy G. Webb Drive, Portland
City of Sinton and Sinton ISD
Sinton Community Center, 1300 E. Sinton St., Sinton
Taft ISD
Taft Kiva Hut, 402 Park St., Taft
Aransas County
City of Rockport, Aransas County ISD and town of Fulton
Elections & Voter Registration Building, 602 E. Concho St., Rockport
Kleberg County
Ricardo ISD
Ricardo Community Senior Center, 109 N. Nix St., Kingsville
WHAT'S ON THE BALLOT?
NUECES COUNTY
City of Bishop
MAYOR
Tem Miller
Javier Carrillo
Clint Latimer
Noel Barrera Lopez
COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE 1
Antonio "Tony" Garcia, Jr.
Rick Bleibdrey
COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE 2
Wayne A. Grant, Sr.
Bill D. Boswell
COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE 3
Cynthia L. Contreras
Gina Garcia
Adrian "Vito" De La Mora
COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE 4
Tony Mechell
Jimmy Helmke
COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE 5
David Omar Contreras
David B. Zimmerman
Bishop CISD
SCHOOL TRUSTEE PLACE 1
Jeanette Serbantez-Gonzalez
J. Santos Ramirez, III
Jenilee Ramos Latimer
SCHOOL TRUSTEE PLACE 4
Chris Ruiz
Dr. Julie Chancler
Marc Morales
SCHOOL TRUSTEE PLACE 5
Rosie Elizondo
Heather Smith
SCHOOL TRUSTEE PLACE 7
Victor Garcia
Yolanda Cruz
Robert Ochoa, Jr.
Calallen ISD
PROPOSITION A - The issuance of $55,182,000 of bonds by the Calallen Independent School District for the construction, renovation, improvement and equipment of school facilities in the District (including, but not limited to, improvements to enhance safety and security), and levying the tax in payment thereof. This is a property tax increase.
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Against
PROPOSITION B -The issuance of $12,573,000 of bonds by the Calallen Independent School District for the construction, renovation, improvement and equipment of Phil Danaher Stadium, Steve Chapman Stadium and Ladycat Softball Stadium, and levying the tax in payment thereof. This is a property tax increase.
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Against
City of Port Aransas
CITY COUNCIL PLACE 1
Mark Winton
Tim Parke
CITY COUNCIL PLACE 3
John Sopuch
Jo Ellyn Krueger
CITY COUNCIL PLACE 5
Charles W. Crawford Jr.
David Sieloff
Port Aransas ISD
Unopposed candidates declared elected: Board of Trustees Place 2, Brett Stawar; and Board of Trustees Place 3, Kristi Jensen Littleton
PROPOSITION A - The issuance of $19,600,000 of bonds by the Port Aransas Independent School District for school facilities, including HVAC repairs and replacement, and the levying of a tax in payment thereof. This is a property tax increase.
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PROPOSITION B - The issuance of $16,000,000 of bonds by the Port Aransas Independent School District for a central cafeteria and fine arts instructional space and the levying of a tax in payment thereof. This is a property tax increase.
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PROPOSITION C - The issuance of $300,000 of bonds by the Port Aransas Independent School District for school technology improvements and the levying of a tax in payment thereof. This is a property tax increase.
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PROPOSITION D - The issuance of $2,000,000 of bonds by the Port Aransas Independent School District for school extracurricular and athletic facilities and the levying of a tax in payment thereof. This is a property tax increase.
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Against
SAN PATRICIO COUNTY
City of Aransas Pass
MAYOR
Ram Gomez
Jason Followell
COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE 1
Carrie Scruggs
Hector Rios
COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE 3
Joe Dominguez
Eric Kindervater
Aransas Pass ISD
TRUSTEE PLACE 3
Gloria Heyward
Olivia Hill
TRUSTEE PLACE 4
Delfino Flores
TRUSTEE PLACE 6
Kori De Los Santos
Terry Stansberry
Frank Guzman
City of Ingleside
PROPOSITION A — The reauthorization for the local sales and use tax in the City of Ingleside at the rate on one-fourth of one percent (0.25%) to continue providing revenue for maintenance and repair of municipal streets. The tax expires on the fourth anniversary of the date of this election unless the imposition of the tax is reauthorized.
Yes
No
City of Mathis
MAYOR
Ciriaco "Ciri" Villarreal
COUNCIL MEMBER, PLACE 3
Israel Gonzales
Isabel Monsibaiz Rivera
COUNCIL MEMBER, PLACE 5
David Garcia
Mathis ISD
SCHOOL TRUSTEE, PLACE 3
Alan A. Gutierrez
Abel Monsibaiz
Moises Alfaro
SCHOOL TRUSTEE, PLACE 4
Justine Sablatura
SCHOOL TRUSTEE, PLACE 5
Angie Trejo
City of Odem
MAYOR
David Bargas Maldonado
Virginia "Vicky" Garza
ALDERMAN, PLACE 1
Miranda Rendon
Billy V. Huerta
ALDERMAN, PLACE 2
Sandra Z. Ridgway
Yolanda Roblez Alvaro
ALDERMAN, PLACE 3
Isaac Dominguez
Amanda B. Garcia
ALDERMAN, PLACE 4
Jesse Falcon
Amanda Marie Young
ALDERMAN, PLACE 5
Johnny Garza
Elizabeth Candela
Odem-Edroy ISD
PROPOSITION A — The issuance of $15,800,000 of bonds by the Odem-Edroy Independent School District for the purposes of designing, constructing, renovating, improving, upgrading, updating, acquiring, and equipping school facilities and the levying of a tax in payment thereof. This is a property tax increase.
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Against
City of Portland
COUNCIL MEMBER (TWO-YEAR TERM)Vote for no more than four
Bill T. Wilson II
Erik Levandowski
John F. GreenJohn G. Sutton Jr
Troy Bethel
Gregory-Portland ISD
SCHOOL TRUSTEEVote for no more than three
John Reed
Carrie Gregory
Megan Axelsen
Alan DeLaRosa
Tim Flinn
Lora Deluna
Gilbert Cortinas
Deena Henderson
PROPOSITION A — The issuance of $175,800,000 of bonds by the Gregory-Portland Independent School District for the purposes of designing, constructing, renovating, improving, upgrading, updating, acquiring, and equipping school facilities and the necessary sites for school facilities and the levying of a tax in payment thereof. This is a property tax increase.
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Against
City of Sinton
COUNCIL MEMBER, PLACE 3
Gabriel G. Morales
Roland Cantu
Greg Ybarra
COUNCIL MEMBER, PLACE 5
Mary M. Speidel
Sinton ISD
SCHOOL TRUSTEEVote for none, one, two, three or four
Patrick Houser
Candice Wood
Ethan Garza
Lissa Ruiz
Jimmie Alaniz
Crystal Saldaña
Sam P. Lankford
ARANSAS COUNTY
Aransas County ISD
TRUSTEE, PLACE 2
Cathleen McAuliffe
Logan Burton
TRUSTEE, PLACE 5
Julie McBurney
Seth Snyder
John Vogel
Town of Fulton
ALDERMAN, PLACE 2
Christopher Garis
Victor Contreras
ALDERMAN, PLACE 3
Rebecca Johnson
MaryAnn Pahmiyer
ALDERMAN, PLACE 4
Margo Nielsen
Carl Biesenbach
ALDERMAN, PLACE 5
Roman S. Cortez
Laura McCorkle
City of Rockport
Unopposed candidate declared elected: City Council Member, Ward 3, Brad L. Brundrett
CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WARD 1
Katy Jackson
Stephanie Rangel
PROPOSITION A NATURAL GAS SYSTEM — Shall the City Council of the City of Rockport, Texas be authorized to sell the Natural Gas Utility Distribution System that is owned by the City of Rockport, Texas?
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PROPOSITION A — Shall the Charter be amended to provide for gender neutral terminology and correct other terms, spelling and capitalization without making any substantive changes?
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PROPOSITION B — Shall the Charter be amended to conform to the general laws of the State of Texas?
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PROPOSITION C — Shall the Charter be amended to provide for expansion and contraction of the City's corporate boundaries?
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PROPOSITION D — Shall the Charter be amended to provide a process for disannexation petitions to be considered by the City?
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PROPOSITION E — Shall the Charter be amended to provide for four-year terms of office for the Mayor and City Council persons and the process to fill vacancies of such terms?
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PROPOSITION F — Shall the Charter be amended to eliminate the service limitation of ten years for members of the City Council?
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PROPOSITION G — Shall the Charter be amended to provide for notice of a meeting and an emergency meeting and establish additional quorum provisions if City Council is reduced to less than three voting members?
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PROPOSITION H — Shall the Charter be amended to provide for amended reading requirements for an ordinance to be approved?
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PROPOSITION I — Shall the Charter be amended to provide for electronic means of storing and publication of ordinances and resolutions?
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PROPOSITION J — Shall the Charter be amended to eliminate the cap on severance or termination compensation of the City Manager?
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PROPOSITION K — Shall the Charter be amended to provide updated duties of the City Secretary?
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PROPOSITION L — Shall the Charter be amended to provide for the ability of the City to employ a person or firm as City Attorney?
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PROPOSITION M — Shall the Charter be amended to delete the provisions related to the City Engineer?
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PROPOSITION N — Shall the Charter be amended to provide for movement of the City's general election date if made possible by the general laws of the State of Texas?
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PROPOSITION O — Shall the Charter be amended to provide for petitions of offices to meet certain signature numerical requirements?
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PROPOSITION P — Shall the Charter be amended to disqualify a person to serve on the City Council if the person is in arrears of taxes or other liabilities to the City.
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PROPOSITION Q — Shall the Charter be amended to clarify the meaning of Qualified Voter?
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PROPOSITION R — Shall the Charter be amended to provide for cancellation of a recall election in certain circumstances?
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PROPOSITION S — Shall the Charter be amended to update the form of ballot for initiatives and recall elections?
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PROPOSITION T — Shall the Charter be amended to clarify the duties regarding initiative, referendum, or recall elections?
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PROPOSITION U — Shall the Charter be amended to provide for changes to municipal finance provisions related to the City's fiscal year, budget, capital programs, borrowing, purchasing, depository, financial reporting, and audit?
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PROPOSITION V — Shall the Charter be amended to eliminate Article X. Planning and Zoning Commission?
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PROPOSITION W — Shall the Charter be amended to allow for the exclusivity of franchises?
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KLEBERG COUNTY
Ricardo ISD bond election
PROPOSITION A — The issuance of $15,000,000 of bonds by the Ricardo Independent School District for school facilities, with priority given to district wide security, renovations, and educational athletic facilities, and the levying of a tax in payment thereof. This is a property tax increase.
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This article originally appeared on Corpus Christi Caller Times: Voters guide for May 2023 election in South Texas cities and schools
