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BISD school board candidates redraw for ballot order
The order that names will appear on the ballot for the may Beaumont ISD school board elections is set after a drawing was held in the administration building at this afternoon.
Each candidate or a representative had to be present to pull a number to determine their position on the ballot.
The candidates who filed first in each district were the first to draw a number.
Here are the results of the drawing:
In District 1, Donna Forgas' name will appear first , followed by incumbent Terry Williams.
In District 2, Paula Blazek's name will appear first, followed by Zenobia Bush. The incumbent, Reverend Ollis Whitaker, is not seeking re-election.
In District 3, Marcelino Rodriguez's name will appear first, followed by the incumbent, Woodrow Reece.
In district 4, Linda Gilmore's name will appear first, followed by Gwen Ambres, who was appointed to the seat following the death of Howard Trahan.
In district 5, Kellie Fowler's name will appear first, followed by Lafayette Spivey Junior and then Mike Neil.
Spivey has tried to withdraw his name from the ballot but missed the deadline to do so in writing.
The drawing of the names for the ballot was held in response to the threat of a lawsuit by District 1 candidate Donna Forgas.
Forgas complained about a lack of transparency in the first drawing, which resulted in all incumbents each getting the top spot on the ballot.
