Those who are wanting to register to vote for Constitutional Amendments or for city of Stephenville Mayor on the Nov. 4 ballot only have until Monday, Oct. 6 to make sure they are registered.
There are no local races on the November ballot in Dublin.
To register to vote in Texas, complete a voter registration application and return it to your county election office at least 30 days before the upcoming election date. In Erath County, the elections office is located in the new county annex at 222 East College St. in Stephenville.
To complete an application, you may: Complete an application using the Secretary of State Online Voter Registration Application.
Simply fill in the required information, print, sign and mail the completed application directly to your county election office; Request a printed application. The Secretary of State’s office will mail a postage-paid voter registration application to the address provided; or contact or visit your local voter registrar to complete the voter registration process.
To be eligible for registration as a voter in this state, a person must: be a United States citizen;
■ be a resident of the county where you submit the application;
■ be 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; 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.
Another important date for Erath County voters will be Friday, Oct. 24 which is the last day to submit an application to vote by mail in person or by mail to the Elections Administration Office.
This election will be the first one where voters will be handmarking ballots since new requirements went into effect.
Early voting will only be located at the Erath County Annex II located at 222 E. College Street from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. M o n d ay, Oct. 20 – Friday, Oct. 24 and M o n d ay, Oct. 27 Wednesday, Oct. 29; and 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30 and Friday, Oct. 31.
For Election Day, voting locations will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Erath County Annex, Texas Bank (988 Wolfe Nursery Road), Texas A&M Agrilife Research and Extension office (1229 N. Hwy. 281) and Dublin Annex (219 S. Grafton).
17 Constitutional Amendments can be found in the previous week’s Dublin Citizen and will be featured in our free voter’s guide Oct. 16.
Stephenville Mayoral candidate profiles will also be published before early voting begins.