Early voting ends Friday for the upcoming November midterm elections. In Dallas County, early voting locations are open until 9 p.m. Polls in Tarrant, Collin, Denton, and all other counties shut down at 7 p.m.
Early voting ends Friday for the upcoming November midterm elections.
North Texas polls open at 7 a.m., but the time that polling locations close differs between counties.
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WATCH HEREIn Dallas County, early voting locations are open until 9 p.m. Polls in Tarrant, Collin, Denton, and all other counties shut down at 7 p.m.
Voters should keep in mind that a powerful storm system will move through North Texas on Friday, bringing with it the chance for widespread thunderstorms with high winds, hail, and tornadoes. The main window for DFW to see severe weather will be between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
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SIGN UP Voters heading to the polls on Friday should consider going before the storm hits, but Dallas County residents may be able to cast their vote after the storm moves through since the polls close at a later time.
After Friday, the next time North Texans will get a chance to vote is on Election Day, Nov. 8.
NBC DFW received emails and questions about the actual voting process. It goes to show how early voting is very popular.
"We are in a good spot," said Tarrant County Elections Administrator Heider Garcia. "We got our poll workers. We got our supplies. The equipment has been tested, sealed, and packed. It's being deployed right now, so we are where we are supposed to be at this point in time."
Garcia shared some advice to voters before they head to cast their ballots.
"Download your sample ballot. Know what you are going to vote on. Be prepared," she said.
In Tarrant County, when you arrive show your identification. You will get an access code and ballot from a poll worker. You will proceed to another machine, where you enter the access code and vote for each race on a different touchscreen. When you are done, you print out the ballot.
"This is the most important part of the whole process, is for you as a voter to grab your ballot and say, 'that is what I want, this is what I intend to vote on,'" Garcia said. "If you made a mistake, if you skipped something, you can always tell the poll worker, 'I need to try again, I need to spoil this one.' They will tear it. They will give you a fresh sheet, and you will do it again."
When you are done, you take your ballot to the ballot box and insert it.
There are rules about what you can wear when voting.
"Anything that is a campaign slogan, a name, a logo, an identifier of someone or some party or a proposition that is on the ballot, is electioneering.
Something that was on the ballot in the past election, that's not electioneering: "You can wear your Reagan hat, your MAGA hat, your Obama hat. They are not on the ballot,” Garcia said.
Garcia recommends you take advantage of early voting, which runs from Oct. 24 until Nov. 4. Election Day is Nov. 8.
