Overview
- Early voting, which begins Monday, Oct. 19, runs through Oct. 30 and allows in-person voting without a special reason ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms.
- The voter registration deadline passed on Oct. 5 and applications to receive a mail ballot must be received by counties by Oct. 23 under state rules that limit mail voting to eligible groups.
- Travis County officials report about 940,000 registered voters, roughly 27,000 mail‑ballot applications, 201 Election Day polling places and more than 1,000 workers, and say a DPS registration backlog for the county has been cleared.
- Local ballot items vary widely and include Houston’s Proposition A on marijuana enforcement and no‑knock entries, votes on Flock license‑plate cameras, mayoral recalls, and numerous school and utility tax or bond measures.
- Voters should check VoteTexas or their county election website for sample ballots, polling locations and county rules on ID, limited ballots for people who moved, what can be brought into voting booths, and deadlines for returning mail ballots.