Last day to register to vote: Monday, October 7

First day of early voting in-person: Monday, October 21

Last day to apply for ballot by mail (received, not postmarked): Friday, October 25

ONLY WEEKEND to vote early in-person: Saturday, October 26, and Sunday, October 27

Last day to vote early in-person: Friday, November 1

Election Day: Tuesday, November 5

• The next President of the United States

• The next Vice President of the United States

• Other federal positions

• Other state positions

• Other local positions, depending on your county in Texas

See which politicians represent you here.

• Register to vote here.

• Confirm that you’re registered to vote here.

• If you need to change your name or address on your voting record profile, change it here.

You're eligible to vote if:

• You're an American citizen, AND

• You're at least 17 years and 10 months of age, and will be 18 by Election Day, AND

• You have not been declared mentally incapacitated without the right to vote by a court, AND

• You have not been convicted of a felony. 

  • If you have been convicted of a felony, you can vote if you have completed all terms of your sentence or have been pardoned.

You're eligible to vote by mail if:

• You must be 65 years of age or older on Election Day, OR

• You must be sick or disabled, OR

• You must be expecting to give birth within 3 weeks, before or after Election Day, OR

• You must be absent from the county of registration during Early Voting AND on Election Day, OR

• You are confined in jail, but otherwise eligible to vote.

Find your nearest polling locations here!

To find this, you’ll have to either input your:

• Voting ID, or

• Name, County, and Date of Birth

The only thing you'll need at the polls is a Photo ID.

Acceptable forms of photo ID are:

• Texas Drivers License, OR

• Texas Personal Identification Card, OR

• Texas Handgun License, OR

• U.S. Military Identification with Photo, OR

• Texas Election Identification Certificate, OR

• U.S. Passport (Book or Card), OR

• U.S. Citizenship Certificate with Photo

If you cannot reasonably obtain one of the seven approved forms of photo ID, you may fill out a Reasonable Impediment Declaration at the polls and bring:

• A copy or original of a government document that shows your name and your address, including the voter’s voter registration certificate;

• A copy of or original current utility bill;

• A copy of or original bank statement;

• A copy of or original government check;

• A copy of or original paycheck; or

• A copy of or original of (a) a certified domestic (from a U.S. state or territory) birth certificate or (b) a document confirming birth admissible in a court of law which establishes the voter’s identity (which may include a foreign birth document).

NOTE: You may wear/bring the following materials to the polling location site, within 100 feet of the building entrance. However, you are not legally permitted to breach the 100-foot mark while using or wearing these items.

• Do not wear clothing relating to a candidate or political party.

• Cell phones

• Cameras

• Tablet computers

• Laptop computers

• Sound recorders

• Any other device that may communicate wirelessly, or be used to record sound or images.

Yes, you have the right to request a language interpreter at the polls!

You also have the right to bring a language interpreter with you to the polls, if you know someone who has previously agreed to interpret for you.

Please note that your interpreter may not be:

• Your employer, or

• A coworker or agent of your employer

• An officer or agent of a labor union that you're a member of

Any interpreter will have to sign a document and say an oath saying that they will not influence your vote, only translate for you. [Read the oath here.] 

Yes! Track your ballot by mail here.