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Lake Travis ISD board adopts order canvassing May 2 trustee election; transcript shows vote-tally discrepancy for Place 7
Summary
At a May 13 special meeting, the Lake Travis ISD Board of Trustees unanimously adopted an order canvassing the May 2 trustee election, declaring Tiffany Bennett, Ph.D., elected to Place 6 and Natalie Nugent to Place 7; the transcript lists vote totals that appear inconsistent with the declared Place 7 winner.
The Lake Travis Independent School District Board of Trustees at a special meeting on May 13, 2026, voted 3-0 to adopt an Order canvassing the returns of the May 2, 2026 Board of Trustees election. President Lauren White presided; Trustee Kris Woodcock made the motion to adopt the Order and Trustee Jonathan Bove seconded it. The meeting began at 5:00 p.m. and adjourned at 5:03 p.m.
The transcript supplied with the agenda lists vote totals for the two contested seats and records that the Order “incorporates a finding, declaration, and order that the following candidates were elected”: Tiffany Bennett, Ph.D., Trustee, Place 6, and Natalie Nugent, Trustee, Place 7. The transcript shows the tabulation for Place 6 as Rob Aird 2,936 votes and Tiffany Bennett 3,430 votes. For Place 7 the transcript lists Natalie Nugent 2,881 votes and Keely Cano 3,486 votes. The board record in the meeting packet, as reflected in the Order adopted by the three trustees present, declares Bennett and Nugent elected; the transcript numbers for Place 7 appear inconsistent with that declared outcome.
The motion adopting the Order was recorded in the transcript as follows: "A MOTION was made by Kris Woodcock and seconded Johnathan Bove by that the Board of Trustees adopt the Order canvassing returns and declaring the results of the trustee election, which is before the Board." The motion passed by a vote of 3-0. The board did not record any public comment on the matter.
The board’s action at the special meeting was limited to canvassing and adopting the Order; the record notes that canvassing the election requires only two trustees to be present and that three trustees attended. The district’s official canvass documents and the certified order maintained by the district will be the definitive record for vote certification; the transcript supplied with the meeting materials includes the tabulations cited above and the declaration of winners.
