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Texas: Voter Guide
Registration:
3/7

Automatic voter registration

Online voter registration

Pre-registration before turning 18

Number of days prior to election a voter must be registered is 15 days or less

Online voter registration closes 15 days or less before Election Day

Registration drives

Same day registration offered in all elections

Same day registration located at polling place

Same day registration offered only during early voting

Accessibility:
4/8

All mail voting

In-person early voting

Amount of early voting days is higher than 7

Election day is a state holiday

No-excuse mail voting

12+ hours of open polls

Paid time off work to vote

Time off work to vote

Requirements:
2/7

Felons can vote after incarceration with completion of sentence

Felons can vote immediately after incarceration

Felons can vote while incarcerated

No ID required to vote

Mental competency not required to register

Non-photo ID required to vote

Photo-ID required to vote

Upcoming Elections

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Voting Qualifications

Not convicted of a felony or have completed sentence/probation/parole
Not judged fully or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote by a court of law
Resident of the county in which the application for registration is made
18+ Years of Age
United States Citizen

Deadlines

In Person - 
30 days before Election Day
Mail - 
Postmarked 30 days before Election Day
Online - 
30 days before Election Day
Mail - 
Application to request absentee ballot due 11 days before Election Day
Mail - 
Voted ballot due by 7 p.m. on Election Day OR the day after if the carrier envelope is postmarked by 7 p.m. at the location of the election on Election Day
In Person - 
Between 4 and 17 days before Election Day

More Information

Texas primaries are open, meaning a voter does not have to be registered as a member of a party to participate in its primary. Voters in Texas must sign a pledge when voting declaring that they will not vote in another party's primary in the same year.

You may vote by absentee ballot in Texas if:

  • You are 65 years or older;
  • You are disabled;
  • You will be out of the county on Election Day and during the period for early voting by personal appearance; or
  • You are confined in jail, but otherwise eligible.

If you are voting in person in Texas, you must present photo ID at the time you vote. Your photo ID must be current or expired for no more than 4 years. (If you are 70 years old or more, your ID can be expired for any length of time, as long as it is otherwise valid.)

Acceptable forms of ID include:

  • Texas driver license issued by the Department of Public Safety
  • Texas election ID certificate
  • Texas personal ID card
  • Texas license to carry a handgun
  • US military ID card with your photograph
  • US citizenship certificate containing your photograph (doesn’t need to be current)
  • US passport


If you don’t have any of these, you’ll need to sign a sworn statement that there is a reason why you don’t have any of the IDs listed above, and bring one of the following:

  • Valid voter registration certificate
  • Certified birth certificate
  • Current utility bill
  • Government check
  • Paystub or bank statement that includes your name and address
  • copy of certified domestic birth certificate
  • Copy of or original government document with your name and an address (original required if it contains a photograph)