LibGuides: Voting and Elections: Register and Vote

Important Dates - Midterm Runoff Election 2022

Voter Registration Deadline - November 14, 2022

In-Person Early Voting - December 1-December 9 (all registered voters may early vote)

Election Day - December 13, 2022

What's on the ballot?

Austin Mayor

City council seats, including District 9

If you are registered outside of Austin, you may also have a runoff - check your county's election office's website.

Vote Travis
Registered in Travis County? Find your sample ballot, polling places, and wait times for early voting and election day.

Registration Deadline (Texas): You must be registered to 30 days before an election. You can't register to vote for the first time online.

Check to see if you're registered to vote in Texas: www.votetexas.gov (if you are already registered, you can update your address online)

Options for registering to vote:

Fill out the registration form (you will print, sign, and mail it in)
Have a registration form mailed to you (you will fill it out and mail it back)
Pick up a registration form at the PCL desk, fill it out and mail it in (there is a mailbox on 21st St. in front of PCL and the UTC)
TX Votes is a student organization that helps register students on campus (some of their members are trained Volunteer Deputy Registrars who can register you to vote). See their Instagram for events and their website. TX Votes will be registering voters in the PCL lobby September 20, 2022 9 AM-4 PM and October 11, 2022 beginning at 8 AM. They will register voters on the Gregory Gym plaza beginning in the evening and until midnight on October 11, 2022.

You are a United States citizen;
You are a resident of the county where you submit the application;
You are at least 17 years and 10 months old on the date your voter registration application is submitted, and you are 18 years of age on Election Day.
You are not a convicted felon (you may be eligible to vote if you have completed your sentence, probation, and parole); and
You have not been declared by a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be either totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote.

Voting ID

You need one of these forms of ID to vote in Texas (exceptions are listed in this FAQ, but are limited):

Where should I vote as a UT student?
This question is answered in an FAQ from student organization Texas Votes.

You can decide if you would like to register to vote at a "home" address OR in Austin/Travis county using the address you live at while you're at school. You can only register and vote in one place.

Pros of registering and voting in Austin: you can vote in person on campus and your vote will have an impact on local issues here. Pros of registering and voting at a "home" address: your vote will have an impact on local issues in that community. Cons of voting at a home address: you will likely have to request an absentee ballot.

Some scholarships or financial aid may be affected by where you establish residency.
Absentee Voting in Texas
Requirements and application for an absentee (mail) ballot in Texas.
Information for Texas Voters with Disabilities
If you have a disability, you may vote early by mail, or you may receive accommodation (including assistance or curbside voting) to vote in person.

Registration information for other states and territories
Many states allow online registration - check the process for your state here. If you will be in Austin for election day but chose to register at your "home" address, don't forget to request an absentee ballot.
Early and absentee voting in other states

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