{"id":117,"date":"2024-01-29T05:30:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T05:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/pisbnd\/?page_id=117"},"modified":"2025-05-15T13:14:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T13:14:48","slug":"elections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/port\/elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Summary-Results-for-Report-5-3-25.pdf\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">SUMMARY RESULTS FOR REPORT<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Notice-of-Total-Numbers-of-Voters-Who-Have-Voted-5.30.pdf\">Notice of Total Number of Voters Who Have Voted- <\/a><\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">5<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">:30<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">ELECTION DAY: MAY 03, 2025<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">7:00 AM TO 7:00 PM<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Polling Location: Port Isabel-San Benito Navigation District<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/oDN94CPn7NvteJgz9\"><strong>Click here for Polling Location<\/strong>&nbsp;(250 Industrial Dr, Port Isabel, TX 78578)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Early Election Dates:<\/mark><\/strong> <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">April 2025<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Tuesday 22nd<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">8:00 AM to 7:00 PM<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Wednesday 23rd<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">8:00 AM to 7:00 PM<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Thursday 24th<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">8:00 AM to 7:00 PM<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Friday 25th<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">8:00 AM to 7:00 PM<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Saturday 26th<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">8:00 AM to 7:00 PM<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Monday 28th<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">8:00 AM to 7:00 PM<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Tuesday 29th<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">8:00 AM to 7:00 PM<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Notice-of-Voting-Order-Priority-For-Voters-with-Certain-Disabilities-.pdf\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Notice of Voting Order Priority For Voters with Certain Disabilities<\/mark><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voters with mobility challenges can use curbside voting, accessible machines, or request assistance. Please call our office upon arrival in the parking lot for support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los votantes con problemas de movilidad pueden usar el voto en la acera, m\u00e1quinas accesibles o solicitar asistencia. Por favor, llame a nuestra oficina al llegar al estacionamiento para recibir ayuda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>956-943-7826.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>First day to File an Application <\/strong><br><strong>for a<\/strong> <strong>Place on the Ballot<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Deadline to File an Application <\/strong><br><strong>for a<\/strong> <strong>Place on the Ballot<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td> January 15, 2025<\/td><td>February 14, 2025 @ 5:00 P.M.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>The upcoming election for the Port Isabel-San Benito Navigation District is scheduled to take place on:<\/td><td>During the election, the following positions will be up for consideration:<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>  <strong>May 3, 2025<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Place 1 &amp; Place 2<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>COMMISSIONERS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Victor Barrera, Place 1<\/strong><\/td><td><em>Chairman, Term May 2021 \u2013 May 2025<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Joe Martinez, Place 2<\/strong><\/td><td><em>Secretary, Term May 2021 \u2013 May 202<\/em>5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Jose Morales, Place 3<\/strong><\/td><td><em>Member, Term May 2023 \u2013 May 202<\/em>7<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>*Commissioners are elected by plurality, at large by place.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Definition of Plurality system,\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Electoral process in which the candidate who polls more votes than any other candidate is elected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Definition of At-Large by place,\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The candidates run in separate groups on the ballot, for each position or place<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All the qualified voters in the political subdivision may vote in the race<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>REQUIREMENTS TO RUN FOR OFFICE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chapter 141 of the Texas Election Code sets the requirements for holding public office in local political subdivisions, such as the Port Isabel-San Benito Navigation District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The candidate must meet the following qualifications:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Be a United States citizen;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be 18 years of age or older on the first day of the term to be filled at the election;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have not been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be:\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>totally mentally incapacitated; or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have not been finally convicted of a felony from which the person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have resided continuously in the state of Texas for 12 months and in the Port Isabel-San Benito Navigation District for six months immediately preceding the date of the regular filing deadline for a candidate\u2019s application for a place on the ballot;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, under Chapter 63 of the Texas Water Code and the District\u2019s enabling legislation a candidate must meet the following qualifications:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Sec. 63.082. QUALIFICATIONS.<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Segundo. 63.082. CALIFICACIONES.<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>To be qualified for appointment as a commissioner, a person must be a resident of the district, a freehold property taxpayer, and a qualified elector of the county.<\/td><td>Para ser elegible para el nombramiento como comisionado, una persona debe ser residente del distrito, contribuyente de propiedad absoluta y elector calificado del condado.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Below is information regarding the May 03, 2025 General Election<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Election-Reconciliation-Official-Totals.pdf\">Election Reconciliation- Official Results<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Prelimimary-Election-Reconcilation-Unofficial-Totals.pdf\">Preliminary Election Reconciliation- Unofficial Totals<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Notice-of-Delivery-of-ballots-Voted-by-Mail-5-8-25.pdf\">Notice of Delivery of Ballots Voted by Mail<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Notice-of-Convening-of-Early-Voting-ballot-Board-5-8-25.pdf\">Notice of Convening of Early Voting Ballot Board<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Notice-of-Delivery-of-Early-Voting-Balloting-Materials-5-3-25.pdf\">Notice of Delivery of Early Voting Balloting  Materials<\/a><\/strong>&#8211;<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"> <\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Notice-of-Delivery-of-ballots-Voted-by-Mail-5-3-25.pdf\">Notice of Delivery of Ballots Voted by Mail<\/a><\/strong>&#8211; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Notice-of-Convening-of-Early-Voting-ballot-Board-5-3-25.pdf\">Notice of Convening of Early Voting Ballot Board<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Notice-of-Delivery-of-Early-Voting-Balloting-Materials.pdf\">Notice of Delivery of Early Voting Balloting Materials <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Notice-of-Convening-of-Early-Voting-Ballot-Board-5-1-25.pdf\">Notice of Convening of Early Voting Ballot Board<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Notice-of-Convening-of-Early-Voting-Ballot-Board-4-30-25.pdf\"><strong>Notice of Convening of Early Voting Ballot Board<\/strong><\/a>&#8211; <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Cancelled<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mail-Ballot-Applications-1.xlsx\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"10\">Daily Roster- Mail-in-Ballots Returned<\/a><\/strong>&#8211; <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Updated 5\/3\/25<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Branch-Daily-Roster-of-Early-Voting-10.xlsx\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"10\">Daily Rosters- In Person Early Voting<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Port-Isabel-San-Benito-Navigation-District-Early-Voting-Turnout-4-29-25.pdf\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"119\">Early Voting Turnout<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Notice-of-Convening-of-Early-Voting-Ballot-Board-.pdf\">Notice of Convening of Early Voting Ballot Board<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Tabulating-Test-Notice-.pdf\">Public Notice of  Testing of Automatic Tabulating Equipment <\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Record-of-Posting-Notice-of-Election.pdf\">Record of Posting Notice of Election<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sample-Ballot.pdf\">Sample Ballot of General Election<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Notice-of-Early-Voting-at-Branch-Polling-Places.pdf\"><strong>Notice Of Early Voting AT Branch Polling Places<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Notice-of-Drawing-For-A-Place-On-The-Ballot.pdf\"><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><\/mark><\/a><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Notice-of-Drawing-For-A-Place-On-The-Ballot.pdf\">Notice Of Drawing For A Place On Ballot<\/a><\/mark><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Order-of-General-Election.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Order-of-General-Election.pdf\"><strong>Order of General Election<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cameroncountytx.gov\/elections\/index.php\/maps\/\"><strong>Direct link to Cameron County Elections Map <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Notice-of-General-Election-for-Other-Political-Subdivisions-.pdf\">Notice of General Election for Other Political Subdivision <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Updated-Notice-of-Deadline-to-File-An-Application-for-Place-on-the-Ballot-Signed.pdf\">Internet Posting Requirements for Political Subdivision <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Boundary-Map.pdf\">Political Subdivision Boundary Map<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Notice-of-Deadline-to-File-An-Application-for-Place-on-the-Ballot-Signed.pdf\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Notice of Deadline to File An Application For Place on the Ballot<\/mark><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Polling Location: Port Isabel-San Benito Navigation District<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/oDN94CPn7NvteJgz9\"><strong>Click here for Polling Location<\/strong>&nbsp;(250 Industrial Dr, Port Isabel, TX 78578)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>** For additional information and forms, please visit:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Texas Secretary of State \u2013&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.state.tx.us\/elections\/forms\/pol-sub\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.sos.state.tx.us\/elections\/forms\/pol-sub\/index.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Texas Ethics Commission \u2013&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ethics.state.tx.us\/forms\/local\/localcohfrm.php\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.ethics.state.tx.us\/forms\/local\/localcohfrm.php<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SUMMARY RESULTS FOR REPORT Notice of Total Number of Voters Who Have Voted- 5:30 ELECTION DAY: MAY 03, 2025 7:00 AM TO 7:00 PM Polling Location: Port Isabel-San Benito Navigation District Click here for Polling Location&nbsp;(250 Industrial Dr, Port Isabel, TX 78578) Early Election Dates: April 2025 Tuesday 22nd 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM Wednesday &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/portofportisabel.com\/port\/elections\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> 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