A board of trustees election to fill two at-large positions at North Lamar ISD will be held on Tuesday, November 3 in conjunction with the 2020 General Election.
Candidates putting their name in the hat to serve three-year terms on the North Lamar ISD School Board will be listed based on the results from the Feb. 24 ballot position drawing. The slate will appear in order as Jack Hoskins, Jr., incumbent Stephen “Red” Holmes, incumbent Sheila Daughtrey and Clint Spencer. Chad Bird, who originally filed in February, withdrew his name as a candidate.
At the regular school board meeting on March 23, the North Lamar ISD School Board approved the postponement of the Board election following Governor Abbott’s Proclamation to move local elections to the Nov. 3 date due to COVID-19.
Early voting will be Tuesday, Oct. 13 and Wednesday, Oct. 14 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 15 and Friday, Oct. 16 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday, Oct. 19 through Friday, Oct. 23 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 24 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Monday, Oct. 26 through Friday, Oct. 30 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Voting location will be at the Lamar County Services Building (Old Post Office) located at 231 Lamar Ave.
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voters can place their vote for the North Lamar School Board candidates in 16 of the polling precincts. These include Precinct 1 – 1C, 1D, 1E7C; Precinct 3 – 3D, 3E, 3F, 3G, 3H3C, 3I; and Precinct 4 – 4A6E, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E, 4F, 4G. A list of precincts can be found on the North Lamar website located at www.northlamar.net.