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If you\u2019ve changed your name or moved within Texas, remember to update your voter registration information online. (Michael Minasi | KUT News)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tIf you\u2019ve changed your name or moved within Texas, remember to update your voter registration information online. (Michael Minasi | KUT News)<\/p>\n
Monday is the deadline to register to vote in Texas for the March 3 primary election. Voters get to decide who will appear on the November ballot for a range of elected offices<\/a>, including governor, attorney general, U.S. House and Senate, and seats in the Texas Legislature.<\/p>\n You can check to see if you\u2019re registered to vote through this Texas Secretary of State<\/a> voter portal. If you\u2019re not, here\u2019s what you need to know.<\/p>\n What do I need to do to vote?<\/p>\n You must be registered by Monday in the county you live in to vote in the March 3 election.<\/p>\n To be eligible to register, you must:<\/a><\/p>\n be a U.S. citizen In Texas, you cannot register to vote online \u2014 unless you are renewing, replacing or updating<\/a> your Texas driver\u2019s license or state ID on the Department of Public Safety website.<\/p>\n To submit your registration application by mail, you can fill out the form<\/a> online, and then print, sign and mail it to your county elections office. But you should be aware of recent changes at the U.S. Postal Service<\/a> that might affect the postmark date on your mail. Because of shifts to its transportation operations, the Postal Service said it may become more common for some mail not to be postmarked<\/a> on the same day the carrier takes possession of it.<\/p>\n Your application must be postmarked by Monday for the March 3 election.<\/p>\n \u201cIf [voters] put it in the mail on Monday, which is the deadline, chances are pretty high that it won\u2019t get the postmark by Monday that we need,\u201d said Celia Israel, the Travis County tax assessor-collector, who oversees voter registration for the Austin-area county.<\/p>\n RELATED: Here\u2019s who will be on March primary ballots in the Houston area<\/a><\/p>\n To make sure you get the right postmark, you can go to the post office to send your mail and ask for a \u201cmanual postmark\u201d at the counter.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re up against the deadline and worried about getting the application submitted in time, visit your local voter registrar in person.<\/p>\n \u201cThe bottom line is don\u2019t leave it up to chance,\u201d Israel said.<\/p>\n Find some local election offices here:<\/p>\n Austin County<\/a><\/p>\n Brazoria County<\/a><\/p>\n Chambers County<\/a><\/p>\n Colorado County<\/a><\/p>\n Fort Bend County<\/a><\/p>\n Galveston County<\/a><\/p>\n Harris County<\/a><\/p>\n Liberty County<\/a><\/p>\n Matagorda County<\/a><\/p>\n Montgomery County<\/a><\/p>\n Walker County<\/a><\/p>\n Waller County<\/a><\/p>\n Wharton County<\/a><\/p>\n Do I need to renew my voter registration?<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve changed your name or moved within Texas, you can update your voter registration information online<\/a>, but you should still submit these changes by the Monday deadline. If you\u2019ve moved to a different county and don\u2019t update your address by the deadline, you may be required to cast a limited ballot<\/a> in your new county during early voting.<\/p>\n What kind of ID will I need to register or vote?<\/p>\n To register to vote, you can use your Texas driver\u2019s license or Texas personal ID number issued by DPS. If you don\u2019t have either of those, you can use the last four digits of your Social Security number.<\/p>\n When you head to the polls, you will need to present one of these valid forms of photo ID:<\/p>\n Texas driver\u2019s license The ID can be expired for up to four years. If you\u2019re 70 or older, you can bring a photo ID that has been expired for any length of time.<\/p>\n If you couldn\u2019t get one of the above forms of ID, you can use a supporting form of identification<\/a> like a bank statement or utility bill. But you must sign a document<\/a> saying you had a reasonable impediment to getting a valid photo ID \u2014 like lack of transportation, work schedule, illness or family responsibilities.<\/p>\n Important dates<\/p>\n Feb. 2 \u2014 Deadline to register to vote or update your address
\nbe a resident of the county you are applying to vote in
\nbe at least 18 years old by Election Day
\nnot have been declared mentally incapacitated by a court
\nnot be a convicted felon (though you may be eligible<\/a> if you were pardoned or completed your sentence, probation and parole)<\/p>\n
\nTexas election identification certificate
\nTexas personal ID card
\nTexas handgun license
\nU.S. military photo ID
\nU.S. citizenship certificate with photo
\nU.S. passport<\/p>\n
\nFeb. 17 \u2014 Early voting begins
\nFeb. 20 \u2014 Deadline to apply for a ballot by mail
\nFeb. 27 \u2014 Early voting ends
\nMarch 3 \u2014 Election Day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019ve changed your name or moved within Texas, remember to update your voter registration information online. (Michael…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2137,288,6481,52985,223,287,4568,27,29,28,2279,59916,59917],"class_list":{"0":"post-142668","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-2026-elections","9":"tag-elections","10":"tag-kut","11":"tag-march-primaries","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-politics","14":"tag-recommended","15":"tag-texas","16":"tag-texas-headlines","17":"tag-texas-news","18":"tag-voting","19":"tag-voting-in-harris-county","20":"tag-voting-in-texas"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}