early voting

Early voting for June 7 runoffs — including Fort Worth and Mansfield City Council seats — runs May 27-June 3. Here’s what you need to know.

Fewer than 5% of all registered county voters cast ballots during early voting April 22-29.

Early voting kicks off Tuesday morning, and voters can cast their ballots at polling locations countywide for Denton City Council seats in Districts 2 and 3.

By the end of early voting Friday, 368,116 residents — or about 55.3% of all registered voters — had cast their ballots in Denton County.

The Crowley High School senior was accompanied by about 200 other Crowley ISD students and community members as they marched a little over half a mile from Rosenthal Park to the Tarrant County Southwest Subcourthouse to cast their ballots.

Officials report 29.57% of Tarrant’s registered voters cast a ballot in-person or by mail during the first week of early voting. That’s just shy of the 29.78% turnout rate in 2020 over the same time frame.

State data shows just two of Texas’ most populous counties have surpassed their voter turnout rate in 2020.

Tarrant County voters were not deterred by long lines at local polling sites throughout the first day of early voting. This election, they said, is too important to ignore.

UTA is one of the largest campus early voting locations in Tarrant County, with over 9,700 people casting their early vote for the presidential election there in 2020. County Republican and Democratic leaders alike have said every vote counts in terms of what color the battleground county will turn in the presidential election and down-ballot races. President Joe Biden narrowly won Tarrant in 2020, while Republicans continue to hold all countywide offices.

Early voting continues through Nov. 1.

Here's where you can cast your ballot before Election Day, Nov. 5, in Tarrant, Dallas, Denton and Collin counties.

Early voting begins today and runs through Nov. 1. Here's a short guide on what you'll need when you head to the polls.