Early voting for the 2025 Texas general and special elections began Oct. 20 and will run through Friday. Election Day is on Nov. 4.
Polling stations are located at the Texas Union, the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, and the Travis County Civil and Family Courts Facility, south of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Students can vote between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. during most days of the early voting period and on Election Day. The Travis County Clerk’s office extended the Texas Union’s voting hours from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Oct. 30 and 31.
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary will also offer voting on Nov. 4. More locations can be found on the Texas voting website.
To vote, people must be registered in Travis County and are required to bring a valid photo ID, such as a Texas driver’s license, Texas election identification certificate, Texas personal identification card or U.S. passport. Other acceptable forms of photo ID can be found at Travis County’s voter requirements page. Notes, handouts and ballot guides may be brought into the polling stations.
Student IDs will not be accepted as a form of identification.
People seeking to check their voter registration status can visit the Texas Secretary of State’s website.
Within 100 feet of polling stations, Texas law prohibits people from recording sounds or images and campaigning, which includes wearing clothing that endorses political parties or candidates. Additionally, wireless communication devices that can be used to record sounds or images may not be used in a room containing polling stations.
This year’s general election includes 17 amendments to the state constitution concerning technical college, tax breaks for homeowners and small businesses, funding for dementia research, and water projects.
Austin residents can also vote on Proposition Q, a tax increase that would expand homelessness aid programs, as well as improve recreational and public health services, according to a Travis County sample ballot.
For more information, people can visit the Travis County elections website.
Editor’s Note: A previous verison of this article misidentified polling station hours during the last two days of early voting. The Texan regrets this error.
