Early voting begins Monday for two runoff races that will determine Bexar County’s first elected representatives on the Bexar Appraisal District’s board of directors.
The new positions were created during the last legislative session, aimed at giving taxpayers more insight into the appraisal process and how their property valuations are determined.
Voters already chose Naomi Elizabeth Miller, a longtime district director to former Texas House Speaker Joe Straus, to represent Place 1 during the May municipal election. But no candidate secured 50% of the vote for Place 2 or Place 3, so a June 15 runoff is required to select between the top two finishers in each race.
The positions are nonpartisan and at large, so all registered voters in Bexar County are eligible to participate in the runoff.
For Place 2, voters are choosing between Erika Hizel, who runs an advocacy group for small landlords, and Stephen Spears, a realtor at Stonepoint Properties Inc.
For Place 3, they’ll have a choice between Robert Bruce, founder of the Boerne Stage Airfield, and G.L. “Larry” Lamborn, a retired CIA and Army Reserve officer.
The three elected officials will join five other appraisal board members selected by the county’s various taxing entities. Together they’ll be responsible for overseeing the county’s chief appraiser and the 50-member appraisal review board, which hears and determines challenges to property tax valuations.
A sample ballot can be viewed here. Early voting runs Monday, June 3, through Tuesday, June 11, and a list of early voting locations and their hours can be found here.
What else is on the ballot?
The two appraisal board runoffs are the only contests on the June 15 ballot.
Going forward, these races will be held on the November ballot, starting in 2026. But to select this first batch of officials in time for property tax season, the state triggered an unusual countywide election that coincided with its uniform municipal election in May.
When is early voting?
Early voting starts Monday, June 3, and runs through Tuesday, June 11. Voters can cast their ballot at any of the 41 early voting locations open across Bexar County. Hours of operation vary by day throughout early voting.
From Monday, June 3 to Friday, June 7, polls will be from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
On Saturday, June 8, they’ll be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
On Sunday, June 9, they’ll be open from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
On Monday, June 10, and Tuesday, June 11, they’ll be open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
When is Election Day?
Saturday, June 15, is Election Day. On that day, polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. For more information, visit the Bexar County Elections Department’s homepage.
How do I know if I’m eligible to vote?
You are eligible to vote if you registered by the May 16 deadline and are:
- a U.S. citizen.
- a resident of the county where you submit your voter registration application.
- at least 18 years old on Election Day.
- not a convicted felon (you may be eligible to vote if you have completed your sentence, probation and parole).
- not declared by a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be either totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote.
How can I determine if I’m registered to vote?
You can check your voter registration status here. You’ll need either:
- your Voter Unique Identifier, or VUID, and your date of birth,
- your Texas driver’s license number and date of birth, or
- your full name, county, date of birth and zip code.
What about voting by mail?
You must request an application from the Bexar County Elections Department to vote by mail. In Texas, you are eligible to vote by mail only if you:
- are 65 years or older on Election Day.
- are disabled.
- expect to give birth within three weeks before or after Election Day.
- will be absent from the county you’re registered in during early voting and on Election Day.
- are in jail but otherwise eligible to vote.
On your application to vote by mail, you must include an ID number, either your Texas driver’s license number, your Texas personal ID number or the last four digits of your Social Security number. The law requires that one of the numbers must match a number on your voter registration record.
Is it too late to apply to vote by mail?
Not yet. The deadline for Bexar County to receive your application to vote by mail is Tuesday, June 4.
What do I need to bring with me to vote?
You need to provide one of the following seven forms of identification:
- Texas driver’s license issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS)
- Texas election identification certificate issued by DPS
- Texas personal identification card issued by DPS
- Texas handgun license issued by DPS
- U.S. military identification card containing your photograph
- U.S. citizenship certificate containing your photograph
- U.S. passport (book or card)
If you don’t have one of the seven forms of identification listed above and can’t reasonably get one, you can fill out a form declaring a “reasonable impediment” and bring one of these:
- a copy or original of a government document that shows your name and an address, including your voter registration certificate
- a current utility bill
- a bank statement
- a government check
- a paycheck
- a copy or original of (a) a certified domestic (from a U.S. state or territory) birth certificate or (b) a document confirming birth admissible in a court of law that establishes your identity, which may include a foreign birth document
If I’m registered to vote but haven’t received my voter registration card, can I still vote?
Yes. You aren’t required to show your registration certificate to vote in person. Just be sure to bring one of seven approved forms of photo ID for voting, and know what forms of ID you can bring if you don’t possess and can’t reasonably obtain one.
