A former Humble ISD trustee candidate has alleged that her opponent is ineligible to hold the seat she won due to residency requirements.
During a school board meeting on Tuesday, former candidate Tracy Shannon presented election records showing that her opponent and the eventual winner, Brittnai Brown, voted in the last general election in October 2024 within Houston ISD’s boundary, signing an affidavit of residency.
The same address was used as a mailing address on her campaign finance reports, according to the election records.
However, on Brown’s candidate application for the recent Humble ISD race, she claimed to have lived within the district’s boundaries for two years and seven months.
According to public records, on February 17, 2025, Brown updated her voter registration to an address in Humble ISD after the filing deadline for her application.
Republican precinct chair Audra Deaver told trustees, “It is a Texas state jail felony to vote in a territory where you are not a resident. It is a class A misdemeanor to lie on an application for public office.”
“She either committed a felony on 24 October, 2024, or a misdemeanor on 14 February, 2025.”
Shannon told Texas Scorecard, “Based on the conclusive evidence provided to the board and their counsel, Brittnai Brown is ineligible to be seated. She will be declared ineligible, and I should be the one seated as the person with the next highest votes.”
Shannon said she has already filed a lawsuit asking for Brown to be declared ineligible.
“I believe she committed a crime knowingly and willfully,” added Shannon.
Shannon said that state authorities should review this case to ensure that ineligible people are not gaming the system. “If we don’t get this right, we are signaling that any Democrat can run in any district, game the system, and not even live there.”
“The law must change in Texas so that election authorities can verify eligibility,” Shannon added.
Harris County Republican Chair Cindy Siegel told Texas Scorecard, “I would hope she [Brown] would withdraw given the fact that the evidence provided to the school board shows that she did not meet the criteria to be an elected school board member for Humble versus requiring a lengthy and costly election challenge and attorney’s fees to right this wrong.”
“Parents and voters deserve better,” added Siegel.
Brown did not return Texas Scorecard‘s request for comment before publication.
