Voters within Frisco ISD will see local candidates for the board of trustees on their ballots. On the board of trustees, seats for Place 1, Place 2 and Place 3 are up for election.
Since early voting started April 25, 26,045 Denton County residents have voted, and 16,153 Collin County residents have voted.
Voters in Collin County may cast a ballot at any polling location in the county during early voting and on election day May 7. To find out where to vote during early voting and on election day in Collin County, click here.
Denton County residents can vote at any location in the county for early voting but must vote at their assigned precinct on election day. A full list of locations for Denton County can be found here.
FISD board members are elected to three-year terms and represent the entire district. Q&A's for each of the candidates can be found in the links above.
In addition, voters will see two statewide propositions on the ballot. Although property taxes are already frozen for the disabled and those age 65 and older, Proposition 1 will ask voters whether to allow the Texas Legislature to provide additional tax relief from school districts for even those elderly and disabled homeowners with frozen taxes.
Proposition 2 will ask voters whether to increase the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public schools from $25,000 to $40,000.
Every homeowner in Texas is already offered a $25,000 homestead exemption on property taxes from public school districts—meaning the first $25,000 of a home’s appraised property value does not count against a homeowner’s annual property taxes, according to Joshua Blank, research director of the Texas Politics Project for The University of Texas. If approved, that exemption for homeowners would be raised to $40,000.
Samantha Douty contributed to this report.
