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Voting FAQ: 2024 Elections

• When is the following election? What dates do I must know?
  

  
  
  

  
  Election Day for the final 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 deal with is Oct. 7. Functions to vote by mail have to be obtained by your county of residence – not postmarked – by Oct. 25.
  

• What’s on the poll for the final election?
  

  
  
  

  
  Along with the president, eligible Texans have the chance to forged their ballots for a lot of Texas officers working for workplace on the federal, state and native ranges.
  
  This consists of representatives within the U.S. and Texas homes and the next elected places of work:
  -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 places of work will even seem on the poll:
  – Numerous district judges, together with on legal and household courts
  – County Courts at Regulation
  – Justices of the Peace
  – District Attorneys
  – County Attorneys
  – Sheriffs
  – Constables
  – Tax Assessor-Collectors
  

• How do I be certain I’m registered to vote?
  

  
  
  

  
  You’ll be able to examine to see in case you’re registered and confirm your info by the Texas Secretary of State’s web site. You’ll want one of many following three combos 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’ll be able to request a postage-paid software by the mail or discover one at county voter registrars’ places of work and a few publish places of work, authorities places of work, or excessive colleges. You may as well print out the net software and mail it to the voter registrar in your county.
  
  Functions have to be postmarked by the Oct. 7 deadline. Obtain your software right here.
  
  Moreover, you may register to vote by the Texas Division of Public Security whereas renewing your driver’s license. You might be able to register to vote on-line in case 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 include 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 attainable.
  
  The voter registration certificates may also be used as a secondary type of ID once you vote in case you don’t have one of many seven state-approved picture IDs
  

• What can I do if I’ve questions on voting?
  

  
  
  

  
  You’ll be able to contact your county elections official or name the Texas Secretary of State’s helpline at 1-800-252-VOTE (8683). A coalition of voting rights teams can also be serving to voters navigate election considerations by the 866-OUR-VOTE (687-8683) voter-protection helpline. The coalition has hotlines out there in different languages. Incapacity Rights Texas additionally assists voters with disabilities.
  

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