Along with the winners of the March joint primaries – and the July 14 run-offs – the November election includes races for City Council – D2, D4, D6, D7, and D10 – and Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees – D2, D3, D5, and At-Large Position 8.

Election Day: Tuesday, November 3

In-person early voting: October 13-30. Mon.-Sat., 7am-7pm; Sun., noon-6pm.

Voter Registration

Last day to register to vote: Monday, October 5

If you're not yet registered to vote (find out at www.votetravis.com), you may register by mail or in person. Travis County voters can download a voter registration form here, print it, and then either mail it to the county voter registrar (Travis County Voter Registration, PO Box 149327, Austin, Texas 78714-9327) or drop it off at the Travis County Tax Office (5501 Airport Blvd.). You can register to vote in person at the Travis County Tax Office, too. Applications must be postmarked or received by Oct. 5.

Through Travis County’s new “Text2Register” program, you can text “register” to 48683 (IVOTE) to receive a link to fill out a voter registration application online. (In addition to texting, you can also find the application online here.) Once you submit the application, the voter registrar’s office will mail it to you with a postage paid envelope. You must sign and date it and mail it back to complete the application process. Again, that mailing address is: Travis County Voter Registration, PO Box 149327, Austin, Texas 78714-9327.

If you’ve moved within Travis County or changed your name since the last time you registered to vote, update your voter registration online here.

Ballot By Mail

Last day to to request a ballot by mail (received, not postmarked): Fri., Oct. 23

To vote by mail, you must first apply for a ballot. The Travis County Elections Division only sends out applications or ballots on specific request from a voter. Down­load a ballot application here; for more info on vote-by-mail, visit the Travis County Clerk's Office elections webpage. You may also request a ballot application online at the Texas Secretary of State's website and an application will be mailed to you.

You may submit your application by mail, email, fax, or in person. If you submit your application by fax or email, it must also be sent by mail and received in the County Clerk's office within four business days of your electronic submission (see email, fax, and mailing address below). If you submit your application in person, you must deliver it in person before the first day of early voting, Oct. 13, at the County Clerk’s Office at 5501 Airport Blvd.

Email: ebbm@traviscountytx.gov

Fax: 512/854-3969

Mail: Dana DeBeauvoir

Travis County Clerk – Elections Division

PO Box 149325

Austin, TX 78714-9325

Deadline to turn in your completed ballot: Nov. 3, postmarked; Nov. 4, received

According to the Travis County Clerk’s website, the Travis County Elections Division is planning to have three locations where voters can hand deliver only their own completed mail-in ballots. One will be the Travis County Clerk’s Office (5501 Airport Blvd.) where voters may walk in and hand deliver their ballots, and two will be drive-thru locations Downtown (TBD). You may deliver your own mail-in ballot at these locations, 8am-5pm, as soon as you’ve completed your ballot (per Gov. Greg Abbott’s July 27 proclamation, eligible mail-in voters may deliver their completed ballots in person prior to Election Day).

According to the county clerk’s website, those hours will be expanded beginning on the first day of early voting (Oct. 13): You may hand deliver your ballot Mon.-Sat., 7am-7pm, and Sun., noon-6pm. Additionally, you may also turn in your ballot in person on Election Day, 7am-7pm.

Editor’s note: Expanding Vote-By-Mail due to COVID-19 precautions is expanding in Texas; we’ll continue to monitor this situation for updates.