Voting method explained

The Rotan Independent School District uses cumulative voting to elect school board members. 

With this method, each candidate gets as many votes as there are open seats. 

Rotan has a seven member school board. There are four seats available this election, with seven candidates running. 

Each candidate has their name on the ballot four times.

Voters can cast none, one, two, three, or four votes in this race, in any array: vote four times for one candidate; give two different candidates two votes; give two candidates one vote and one candidate two votes; vote one time for one candidate; etc.

The school has been using this method since 1995.

School board elections 2024

Rotan Independent School District has issued a notice of deadline to file an application for individuals seeking a seat on the school board. This is required for placement on the November general election ballot. Four members have expiring seats: Klay McWilliams, Monica Carrillo, Matt Preston and Frankie Gonzalez. Filing dates are July 20 to August 19; filing hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Thursday. The return address for filing is 102 North McKinley Avenue, Rotan.

Roby Consolidated Independent School District has three members with expiring terms: Chris Estes, Danny Carrion and Carter Edmondson. Filing dates have not been posted to the website.

Hamlin ISD has one member whose term will expire this year, Norman Pond. No filing dates have been posted on the website.

Hermleigh ISD does not list terms of service for board members on its website (a state requirement). Members listed are Larry Don Nachlinger, John Pence, David Digby, Kasey Nachlinger and Gerald Rodriguez. The Hermleigh ISD Board of Trustees unofficial site indicates that Joe Roemisch and Alan Culp resigned from the board on April 3, and that Larry Don Nachlinger resigned as board president on June 3. John Pence was then voted president. The June 17 board agenda lists actions to fill board vacancies. No filing dates have been posted to the school website.

The Roscoe ISD board does not have any expiring terms this year. Members are Jerad Alford, Eloy Herrera, Kenneth Hope, David Pantoja, Allen Richburg, Marcial Saenz and Drew Moses.

Trent ISD does not have dates for member terms of service on their website (a state requirement). Members are Robert Barnhill, Cecil Gillespie, Paula King, Bubba Rohrobough and Diane Gillespie. No filing dates have been posted on the school website.

Texas Education Code states that all school districts are to post board members and dates of terms on their website. School boards are also required to place agendas on the website 72 hours before meetings, and to place meeting minutes on the website afterward. They are held to the same public meeting rules as state, county and city authorities.

All the above schools are Fisher County taxing entities.