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Bastrop Independent School District elections (2016)
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Three of the seven seats on the Bastrop Independent School District school board were up for general election on May 7, 2016. Place 5 incumbent Glenn Peterson Sr., Place 6 incumbent Matthew Mix and Place 7 incumbent Ashley Mutschink were the only candidates to file for the three seats up for election. This election was canceled by the school district due to lack of opposition.[1]
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Bastrop ISD Board of Trustees is composed of seven members who are elected at large to three-year terms in specifically numbered seats. Candidates file to run for a specific seat, but all voters in the school district are eligible to vote for every seat up for election. Places 5, 6, and 7 were scheduled for general election on May 7, 2016, but the election was canceled due to only one candidate filing for each race. There was no primary election.[1]
Candidates running for the school board had to be a United States citizen, a resident of Texas for at least 12 months, and a resident of the district for at least six months. Candidates also had to be 18 years of age or older and registered to vote.[1]
Candidates and results
Place 5
Results
This election was canceled due to lack of opposition.[1]
Candidates
Glenn Peterson Sr. 
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Place 6
Results
This election was canceled due to lack of opposition.[1]
Candidates
| Matthew Mix
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Place 7
Results
This election was canceled due to lack of opposition.[1]
Candidates
| Ashley Mutschink
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Additional elections
The school board election on May 7, 2016, did not share the ballot with any other local election.
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for Texas school board elections in 2016:[2][3]
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| February 19, 2016 | Candidate filing deadline |
| February 23, 2016 | Deadline for write-in candidates |
| April 7, 2016 | Pre-general election campaign finance deadline |
| April 19, 2016 | Campaign finance report due |
| May 7, 2016 | Election Day |
| May 18, 2016 | Final day for canvassing of votes |
| July 15, 2016 | Post-election campaign finance deadline |
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Past elections
2015
Incumbent James Allen won re-election without opposition. Kellye Seekatz won election without opposition.
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2014Molly McClure and Billy Moore were automatically elected to their first terms after the Board of Trustees canceled the election and certified the unopposed candidates.[4] | |
What was at stake?
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About the district
Bastrop Independent School District is located in Texas. The district was the 111th-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 9,575 students.[5]
Recent news
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Tiffany Rouse, "Phone communication with Communications & Community Services Department Administrative Assistant Monica Langle," February 24, 2016 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "filing" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Texas Ethics Commission, "2016 Filing Schedule for Reports Due in Connection with Elections Held on Uniform Election Dates," accessed April 4, 2016
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "May 7, 2016 Election Law Calendar," accessed April 4, 2016
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedpast14 - ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed November 16, 2015
| 2016 Bastrop Independent School District Elections | |
| Bastrop County, Texas | |
| Election date: | May 7, 2016 |
| Candidates: | Place 5: Incumbent, Glenn Peterson Sr. Place 6: Incumbent, Matthew Mix |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
