October 5, 2017 Texas Educators Vote Update Register

October 5, 2017 Texas Educators Vote Updat e Register by October 10th to vote in November 8th Election! While the March 6th, 2018 primary election is the BIG one where 90% of Texas elections are decided, EVERY election is important! In just about a month, on November 7th, many of your districts will vote on bond proposals and all voters will weigh in on several constitutional amendments. Getting educators in the habit of voting in every election is how we can create a culture of voting! Registrations must be received in person by Tuesday, October 10th and those received by mail must be postmarked by Tuesday, October 10th in order for a voter to be eligible to vote in the November 7th election. Please let your district employees know that they can find out if they are registered, update their address, or register for the first time here. Additional information about voter registration, and what is on each person’s ballot can be found here. Since last week’s update when we listed which districts had joined Texas Educators Vote, signed the TASB Culture of Voting Resolution, and started having employees take the Oath to Vote, there has been a whirlwind of activity! We are thanking districts for joining on our Facebook and Twitter pages. Make sure you are following us on Twitter @TxEdVote and Facebook @TexasEducatorsVote so you can share and retweet our thanks to your communities! As of today, 136 districts have “joined”, 26 school boards have signed the Resolution, and over 800 educators have signed the Oath. If you haven’t already done so, please join your district, ask your school board to sign the Resolution, and encourage your employees to sign the Oath. Here is an updated list as of 5 p.m. Wednesday, October 3rd. Key: 1. Anything marked in RED is new from last week. 1. The following list is all of the districts that have officially joined Texas Educators Vote. (If you are not on the list, click here to join) 2. “O” denotes districts where at least one teacher and/or staff member has signed the Oath to vote. (If you don’t have an “O” next to your name, click here to access the Oath) 3. “R” denotes districts that have had their school board sign the TASB Culture of Voting Resolution. (If you don’t have an “R” next to your name, please ask your board to approve the Resolution at their next meeting and email us at [email protected] to let us know when they do!)

4. Districts in blue are All Star Districts that have joined, signed the resolution, and have teachers/staff signing the Oath. This number jumped from 8 to 17 this week! Districts that have “joined” and committed to create a culture of voting Abernathy ISD Alamo Heights ISD, O Alvarado ISD Anson ISD, O Austin ISD, O, R Azle ISD, O Beckville ISD Belton ISD Big Sandy ISD Big Spring ISD, O, R Blackwell CISD Bland ISD Blooming Grove ISD, O, R Boling ISD Bullard ISD, O Calallen ISD Central ISD Channing ISD, O Cherokee ISD Chico ISD, R Childress ISD, O Chillicothe ISD City View ISD, O Claude ISD, O, R Cleveland ISD, O Clyde CISD, O Colmesneil ISD, O Comanche ISD Cooper ISD, O Coppell ISD, O, R Crosby ISD, O, R Cross Roads ISD Dalhart ISD DeKalb ISD, O, R Denison ISD Denton ISD, O Dumas ISD, O Eanes ISD Edgewood ISD (ESC 7), O Edna ISD, O Elgin ISD, O Eula ISD, O Fabens ISD Ferris ISD, O Floydada ISD, O Forestburg ISD Forney ISD Frenship ISD, O

Galveston ISD, O Garrison ISD Goliad ISD Graford ISD Granbury ISD, O, R Gruver ISD, O Hamlin ISD Hallsville ISD, O Harleton ISD, O Haskell CISD, O, R Henrietta ISD, O Hereford ISD, O Hermleigh ISD Higgins ISD Hillsboro ISD, O Holliday ISD, O Huffman ISD Hunt ISD, O Idalou ISD Iowa Park CISD, O Ira ISD, O Jarrell ISD, O, R Karnes City ISD, O Kemp ISD Kenedy ISD, R La Feria ISD, R La Pryor ISD Lake Worth ISD Lamesa ISD, O, R Latexo ISD Lindale ISD Lockhart ISD, R Lone Oak ISD Lovejoy ISD Lubbock-Cooper ISD Lytle ISD, O, R Mabank ISD Mansfield ISD, O Martin’s Mill ISD, O, R Maypearl ISD, O Merkel ISD, O, R Midway ISD, O, R Millsap ISD, R Moody ISD, O, R Muenster ISD, R Olney ISD, O Olton ISD Paducah ISD Palestine ISD Palmer ISD, O Pampa ISD Panther Creek CISD

Paris ISD Peaster ISD, R Perryton ISD Petersburg ISD, O Point Isabel ISD Quinlan ISD Rains ISD, O Ralls ISD Ramirez CSD Reagan County ISD Rosebud-Lott ISD S&S CISD, O Salado ISD Sam Rayburn ISD, O San Elizario ISD San Saba ISD Scurry-Rosser ISD, O Sealy ISD, O Seymour ISD, O Shallowater ISD Sherman ISD Sinton ISD Snyder ISD, O Sulphur Bluff ISD Tahoka ISD Tolar ISD, O Tom Bean ISD Troup ISD Uvalde CISD, O Van ISD, O Veribest ISD, O, R Walnut Springs ISD, O Waskom ISD, O, R Wells ISD, O Westhoff ISD White Deer ISD, O White Oak ISD, O Winona ISD, O Winnsboro ISD, R Yorktown ISD *Please let us know if you would like us to send you weekly updates with names and numbers of Oath’s signed in your district. Districts that have not yet joined Texas Educators Vote, but whose teachers and staff have already started taking the Oath to vote! Angleton ISD Arlington ISD Arp ISD Athens ISD Center ISD Covington ISD

Ector County ISD Garland ISD Hudson ISD Klein ISD Leander ISD Louise ISD Mumford ISD North Lamar ISD Ore City ISD Raymondville ISD Roma ISD Weatherford ISD Willis ISD If your district is on this list, your staff has started taking the Oath, even though you haven’t “joined”. Please officially join and lead the way for these educators to help you create a culture of voting! We want to keep the momentum going and growing, so please challenge your neighbor districts to join, sign the resolution, and ask staff to sign the Oath! Next week, we will tell which districts are in the lead for Oath’s signed and kick off a little friendly competition! And don’t forget, if you aren’t registered, you can’t vote! With many thanks, Laura Yeager TACS Governmental Affairs Director, Texas Educators Vote