Election
BY SAMANTHA DOUTY
Voter Guide
2025
Dates to know
Where to vote
April 3: Last day to register to vote April 22: First day of early voting April 22: Last day to apply for ballot by mail (received, not postmarked) April 29: Last day of early voting May 3: Election day (or May 5 if carrier envelope is postmarked by 7 p.m. at election location)
Denton County voters can vote at any polling location during early voting. On election day, Denton County voters must cast a ballot at their designated polling site. In Collin County, voters can cast a ballot at any location during early voting and on election day.
Only candidates in contested elections are included. Go to county election websites for information on uncontested races.
KEY : *Incumbent
Celina, Texas be amended to clarify that the members of the City Council include the Mayor and all six (6) Council Member seats of Places 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, with related grammatical corrections to be made throughout the Charter? Proposition I Shall Sections 6.01, 13.09, 14.06, and 14.14 of the Charter of the City of Celina, Texas be amended to comply with federal and state laws? Proposition J: Shall the Charter of the City of Celina, Texas be amended throughout to correct certain outdated and unclear terminology, grammatical and numbering errors? Celina ISD Board of trustees, Place 1 Vicky Hogue
Proposition C Shall Sections 4.02, 5.01, 8.01, and 8.04 of the Charter of the City of Celina, Texas be amended to provide for the City Manager to hire and remove City department heads and employees, except for the Fire Chief and Police Chief which require the concurrence of the City Council to hire? Proposition D Shall Section 4.03(10) of the Charter of the City of Celina, Texas be amended to eliminate the requirement for the City Attorney to approve “as to form” all deeds, deeds of trust, easements, releases, contracts, and all other legal instruments on behalf of the City? Proposition E Shall Section 8.03, entitled “Tax Administration”, of the Charter of the City of Celina, Texas be relocated in its entirety, and without amendment, to Section 8.04, entitled “Finance Department”? Proposition F Shall Sections 9.01, 9.03, and 9.04 of the Charter of the City of Celina, Texas be amended and Section 9.05 be added, regarding City boards and commissions, to provide for term lengths to be three (3) years and to impose term limits of a maximum of three (3) terms on each board and commission, unless otherwise required by state law, beginning with appointments made in May 2025? Proposition G Shall Section 14.04 of the Charter of the City of Celina, Texas be amended to add the City of Celina’s website as a source for publishing public notices and other official city documents? Proposition H Shall Sections 2.01 and 3.05 of the Charter of the City of
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Collin College Board of trustees, Place 4 Tamara Thomas Staci L. Weaver Prosper ISD Board of trustees, Place 3 Scott Bray Kelly Cavender* Board of trustees, Place 6 Janette Church Garrett Linker* Celina City Council City Council, Place 1 Dorothy Allan Philip Ferguson* Proposition A
Meagan Dungan Chuck Hansen* Board of trustees, Place 2 Michael Wagoner
Cameron Riggs Proposition A
Shall Sections 3.01 and 3.07 of the Charter of the City of Celina, Texas be amended to provide that the Mayor will vote on matters considered by the City Council, instead of only voting to break a tie vote and not having veto power over a vote of the City Council? Proposition B Shall Section 3.08 be added to the Charter of the City of Celina, Texas and Section 14.01 be amended to provide that a person may serve a maximum of three (3) terms as a City Council Member and a maximum of three (3) terms as Mayor beginning with the general election in May 2025?
The issuance of $2,275,695.579 of bonds by the Celina Independent School District for school facilities, the purchase of necessary sites for school facilities, buses and vehicles and the imposition of a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds. This is a property tax increase. Proposition B The issuance of $20,000.000 of bonds by the Celina Independent School District for instructional technology equipment and the imposition of a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds. This is a property tax increase.
SOURCE: PROSPER ISD, CITY OF CELINA, CELINA ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
Collin County Prosper Town Hall 250 W. First St., Prosper
Denton County Prosper Fire Station No. 2 1140 S. Teel Parkway, Prosper
Polling locations
Polling locations vary for early voting and election day voting. Early voting times vary, but election day voting hours are from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. statewide.
Collin College Celina Campus 2505 Kinship Parkway, Celina
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PROSPER - CELINA EDITION
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