Early Voting -- What to Know
- Election Day Voter Guide: Find key dates, how to check your voter status, how to find out where and when you can vote early and on Election Day, and what you'll need to bring with you to the polls.
- When is Election Day? Tuesday, Nov. 5, is Election Day. On that day, polls will be open in Texas from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. You'll be allowed to vote if you're in line by 7 p.m. on Election Day.
- Where can I vote early? Early voting runs from Monday, Oct. 21, through Friday, Nov. 1. Click here for early voting hours and locations for Collin, Dallas, Denton and Tarrant counties.
- How many people have voted early? A record number of people voted early on Monday, the first day of early voting. Click here to see daily early voting totals from Collin, Dallas, Denton and Tarrant counties and to compare them to previous years.
- Who is on the ballot? Click the links to filter races by category or county: Federal races | State races | Collin County | Dallas County | Denton County | Tarrant County
- How can I vote by mail? The deadline is coming up. Everything you need to know is here.
Have you heard of a limited ballot or have you been asked to vote with one?
Texas voters who move out of the county where they are registered to vote and who have not registered to vote in their new county will be allowed to vote early in their new county only with a limited ballot. Voters may also be asked to use a limited ballot if they have registered in their new county but if that registration has not taken effect by Election Day.
The limited ballot will contain all statewide races, but voters will only be able to vote on district races that are in common with both their old and new addresses and they are only allowed to be used during early voting.
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The Texas Secretary of State published the following conditions for using a limited ballot:
- The person seeking to vote a limited ballot would be eligible to vote in the former county of residence on election day if still residing there;
- The person seeking to vote a limited ballot is registered to vote in the former county of residence at the time the person (1) offers to vote in the new county of residence or (2) applies for registration in the new county; and
- The person’s voter registration is not effective in the new county of residence on or before election day.
Limited ballots can be used in person at the county's main voting location or by mail if the voter requests a mail-in ballot by the deadline. In either case, an application for a limited ballot must also be completed before the ballot will be created.
Using a limited ballot will also cancel the voter's registration in their old county and register them in their new one.
Limited ballots will be cast into a dedicated ballot box making reconciliation of the votes easier on election workers.
