Texas

22% of 18-29 year olds voted in Texas in 2022*

*Source CIRCLE - Youth Voting and Civic Engagement in America

The Texas voter registration deadline is October 6, 2025. Voters can register to vote in-person or by mailing a completed application.

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Check your Texas voter registration status here.

 

Eligibility

In order to register to vote in Texas, you must be a U.S. citizen, at least 17 years and 10 months old (must be 18 by Election Day to vote), a resident of the county where you submit the application, not serving a sentence for a felony conviction, and not declared mentally incapacitated by a court.

  • If you are convicted of a felony, you cannot register to vote until you have completed your sentence, probation, and parole. Find more information on disqualifying felonies and restoration of voting rights here.
  • College students have a choice of whether they want to vote in Texas or vote in their home state, but they may only be registered and vote at one location. Learn more about declaring residency and voting as a college student in Texas here.
  • College students have a choice of whether they want to vote in Alabama or vote in their home state, but they may only be registered and vote at one location.
  • Find more information about the eligibility requirements for voting in Texas here.

Deadline

The deadline to register to vote in Texas for the 2025 general election is October 6, 2025, which is 30 days before the election. Voter registration forms submitted by mail must be postmarked 30 days before Election Day.

 

Voter Registration Process

There are two methods of registering to vote in Texas: mailing in a completed voter registration form to your local County Voter Registrar or in-person at your County Voter Registrar’s office.

Voters can update their voter registration address online if they were already registered in Texas.

  • Texas residents may request a postage-paid voter registration application from their voter registrar, so that an application can be mailed to them. Click here for the application.
  • Further voter registration information for Texas can be found here.

This page was last updated on July 29, 2025

Questions? Contact us here.

Texas offers in-person, by-mail, and early voting in the 2024 General Election.

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Vote-By-Mail Practices

In Texas, you must have a reason to be eligible to vote by mail. Eligible reasons to apply for an absentee ballot can be found here. Click here to access Texas’s Application for Ballot by Mail, or click here to have an Application for Ballot by Mail mailed to you.

  • The deadline to request an absentee ballot is 11 days prior to Election Day (October 25, 2024).
  • A completed ballot must be received by your County Election Official on Election Day before the polls close at 7pm. There is one drop box location available in each county where voters can hand-deliver their ballot by mail to the early voting clerk (ID is required and voters will be asked to sign a form).
  • Further absentee/by-mail voting information for Texas is listed here.

Early Voting

Texas offers early voting.

  • Early voting, also known as in-person absentee voting, will begin October 19, 2024, and will end on November 1, 2024.

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Locate your polling place here.

 

Election Day Practices

On Election Day, the polls are open 7 am-7 pm.

  • In order to vote in Texas, you must present a valid form of ID. Information about acceptable forms of ID can be found here.
  • Further Texas voting information is listed here.

This page was last updated on July 29, 2025.

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