Erath County voters are slated to decide on eight constitutional amendments and a special local option liquor election (allowing the sale of alcohol and unifying the rules for sale throughout Erath County) on November 2. Monday, Oct. 4 is the last day for voters to register to participate in this election if they are not already registered.
The special local election was added to the Nov. 2 ballot after organizers gathered the signatures of more than 4,400 voters. The effort was organized through Texas Petition Strategies and championed by local business owners to create one set of rules regarding alcohol sales for Erath County, removing the private club requirement on restaurants expanding current sales to include fine wine and package stores.
To be eligible for registration as a voter in Texas, a person must:
- be 18 years of age or older;
- be a United States citizen;
- not have been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be: totally mentally incapacitated; or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote;
- not have been finally convicted of a felony or, if so convicted, must have:
fully discharged the person’s sentence, including any term of incarceration, parole, or supervision, or completed a period of probation ordered by any court; or been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disability to vote; and
•be a resident of the county in which application for registration is made.
Erath voters can register to vote in the following ways:
- Visit the Voter Registration Department located in the Erath County Tax Office in Stephenville and submit your completed, signed form from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
- You may fill out a voter registration application online, print it and mail it to the voter registrar in your county of residence. You are not registered until you have filled out the online application, printed it, and mailed it to the Erath County Voter Registrar. Download, Print and mail an application in English or Spanish from Texas Secretary of State’s website,
- Request, via e-mail at ecvote@co.erath.tx.us, and our office will mail a paper application to you. Please provide a mailing address and phone number in your email.
- You can pick-up an application at your local U.S. Postal office, library, high school, Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) site, Texas Health and Human Services Commission and other government offices.
Applications must be received/presented to the following address by Monday, Oct. 4:
Erath County Tax Assessor-Collector
Voter Registration Department
320 West College Street
Stephenville, TX 76401