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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will go to Austin subsequent Monday, his first journey to Texas for the reason that president introduced he wouldn’t search reelection in November.
The Austin journey was first scheduled for July 15 however was postponed after an tried assassination on former President Donald Trump. The president will converse on the Lyndon Baines Johnson presidential library to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which Johnson signed. Biden will talk about his administration’s “progress advancing civil rights and his vision to ensure the promise of America for all communities,” in response to a earlier White Home assertion.
Austin might be one of many president’s first public appearances since his announcement. Biden has spent the final week recovering from COVID-19 at his residence in Delaware.
The library is positioned contained in the district of U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, who was the primary member of Congress to publicly name for the president to step apart. Biden’s go to may tackle a brand new significance now that he has withdrawn from the race: Lyndon Baines Johnson was the final president to withdraw from reelection in 1968.
Biden was additionally beforehand slated to attend a fundraiser with Luci Baines Johnson, the previous president’s daughter. It was not instantly clear whether or not that occasion was additionally rescheduled.
Voting FAQ: 2024 Elections
When is the following election? What dates do I have to know?
Election Day for the overall election is November 5, and early voting will run from Oct. 21 to Nov. 1. The deadline to register to vote and/or change your voter registration handle is Oct. 7. Purposes to vote by mail should be acquired by your county of residence – not postmarked – by Oct. 25.
What’s on the poll for the overall election?
Along with the president, eligible Texans have the chance to solid their ballots for a lot of Texas officers working for workplace on the federal, state and native ranges.
This contains representatives within the U.S. and Texas homes and the next elected workplaces:
-1 U.S Senator (Ted Cruz)
– 1 of three Railroad Commissioners
– 15 State Senators
– 7 State Board of Schooling members
– 3 members of the Texas Supreme Court docket
– 3 members of the Texas Court docket of Felony Appeals
– 5 Chief Justices and numerous justices for Texas Courts of Appeals
– Decrease-level judges and native county workplaces can even seem on the poll:
– Varied district judges, together with on legal and household courts
– County Courts at Legislation
– Justices of the Peace
– District Attorneys
– County Attorneys
– Sheriffs
– Constables
– Tax Assessor-Collectors
How do I be certain I’m registered to vote?
You possibly can examine to see in the event you’re registered and confirm your info by way of the Texas Secretary of State’s web site. You’ll want one of many following three mixtures to log in:
Your Texas driver’s license quantity and date of beginning.
Your first and final names, date of beginning and county you reside in.
Your date of beginning and Voter Distinctive Identifier, which seems in your voter registration certificates.
How do I register to vote if I haven’t?
You possibly can request a postage-paid utility by way of the mail or discover one at county voter registrars’ workplaces and a few put up workplaces, authorities workplaces, or excessive colleges. You can even print out the net utility and mail it to the voter registrar in your county.
Purposes should be postmarked by the Oct. 7 deadline. Obtain your utility right here.
Moreover, you’ll be able to register to vote by way of the Texas Division of Public Security whereas renewing your driver’s license. You might be able to register to vote on-line in the event you’re additionally allowed to resume your license on-line. That is the one type of on-line registration within the state.
After you register to vote, you’ll obtain a voter registration certificates inside 30 days. It’ll comprise your voter info, together with the Voter Distinctive Identifier quantity wanted to replace your voter registration on-line. If the certificates has incorrect info, you’ll want to notice corrections and ship it to your native voter registrar as quickly as potential.
The voter registration certificates can be used as a secondary type of ID if you vote in the event you don’t have one of many seven state-approved photograph IDs
Huge information: director and screenwriter Richard Linklater; NPR President and CEO Katherine Maher; U.S. Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-California; and Luci Baines Johnson will take the stage at The Texas Tribune Pageant, Sept. 5–7 in downtown Austin. Purchase tickets in the present day!
