{"id":301443,"date":"2026-05-20T14:51:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/301443\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T14:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:51:12","slug":"early-voting-to-end-on-friday-for-texas-primary-runoff-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/301443\/","title":{"rendered":"Early voting to end on Friday for Texas primary runoff election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">HOUSTON  \u2013 You only have a few days left to hit the polls because early voting for the primary runoff election ends this Friday, May 22.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">In Harris County, you can go to any one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harrisvotes.com\/Vote-Centers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.harrisvotes.com\/Vote-Centers\">48 different voting centers<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Remember, if you voted in the Democratic or Republican primary in March, you have to vote in that same primary in the runoff election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Harris County Clerk, Teneshia Hudspeth, says this is another very important election you do not want to miss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cWe have everything from the top of the ticket here in the state of Texas to the very bottom, some races have the senate race on there, attorney general race, and as you get down further in the ballot, you have your congressional members, Congressional 18 has been a long, long race, there\u2019s also your district clerk who handles jury duty, \u201d says Hudspeth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">And Hudspeth adds, do not be discouraged by voter fatigue. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Harris County has held eight elections in the last eight months, which means there\u2019s been an election every month since last October. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">In May, there have been three alone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cThis has been a marathon, and voters are confused, they\u2019re tired, they are wondering what we are voting for now? So stay the course because this is really the last opportunity to make your voice heard to determine who\u2019s going to be on the ballot in November,\u201d says Hudspeth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">And know before you go! Print out a sample ballot to take with you: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harrisvotes.com\/Voter\/Whats-on-my-Ballot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">What\u2019s on my Ballot?<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Make sure to bring your identification and know your voting location.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harrisvotes.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.harrisvotes.com<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Remember, Election Day is Tuesday, May 26. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 You only have a few days left to hit the polls because early voting for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301444,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[6288,2065,27,29,28,3860],"class_list":["post-301443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-decision-2026","tag-early-voting","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-vote"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301443","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=301443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}