• Important Election Dates
    • Tuesday, September 8, 2020 (56th day before Election Day; 22nd day after August 17, 2020)
      • Political Subdivisions Other Than Counties: Last day to notify election judges of their appointment if they were appointed, as recommended, on Monday, August 17, 2020. (Secs. 1.006, 32.009(b))
    • Monday, September 14, 2020 (29th day before early voting begins)
      • Last day for county chairs to supplement list of names for early voting officer list. (Secs. 1.006; 85.009). The deadline is extended to the next regular business day which is Monday, September 14, 2020 due to September 13, 2020 falling on a Saturday
    • Wednesday, September 16, 2020 (48th day before Election Day)
      • Recommended date to conduct the first test of the automatic tabulating equipment and for logic and accuracy (L&A test) test on precinct scanners and DREs. 
    • Friday, September 18, 2020 (46th day before Election Day)
      • Deadline to challenge the filing of an application for a place on the ballot as to form, content, and procedure, if the ballots are mailed on the 45th day before Election Day, Saturday, September 19, 2020.
    • Saturday, September 19, 2020 (45th day before Election Day)
      • Deadline to mail ballots to military or overseas voters who already submitted their ballot requests via a federal postcard application (FPCA) or via a standard application for ballot by mail (ABBM) and indicated that they are outside the United States. Ballots must be mailed by this date or the 7th day after the clerk receives the application. 
    • Monday, September 28, 2020 (36th day before Election Day)
      • Deadline for the Secretary of State to mail each county judge a copy of the Governor’s proclamation ordering the November General Election for state and county officers. (Sec. 3.003(c)).
    • Thursday, October 2, 2020 (32nd day before Election Day)
      • Recommended LAST date for early voting clerk to issue order calling for appointment of signature verification committee. (Sec. 87.027).
    • Sunday, October 4, 2020 (30th day before Election Day)
      • First day of period during which notice of election must be published if another method of giving notice is not specified by a law outside the Election Code, and publication is the method of giving notice selected. (Sec. 4.003(a)(1)). 
    • Monday, October 5, 2020 (29th day before Election Day)
      • Last day to register to vote for the Tuesday, November 3, 2020 election. (Secs. 1.006; 13.143)
    • Wednesday, October 7, 2020 (27th day before Election Day)
      • Recommended LAST date for the county elections board to appoint (PDF) a signature verification committee (if one was ordered not later than Friday, October 2, 2020 at the discretion of the county election officer and not required due to petition by 15 registered voters. 
    • Monday, October 12, 2020 (22nd day before Election Day; day before the first day of early voting in person)
      • Last day for a voter to hand-deliver their application for a ballot by mail. (Sec. 84.008).
    • Tuesday, October 13, 2020 (21st day before Election Day)
      • First day to vote early in person. (Sec. 85.001)
    • Wednesday, October 14, 2020 (20th day before Election Day)
      • First day that a signature verification committee, if one is appointed, may begin operating. (Sec. 87.027(f)).
    • Monday, October 19, 2020 (15th day before Election Day)
      • If an FPCA (PDF) is received by this date without a postmark to prove mailing date, the early voting clerk will accept the FPCA and mail the applicant a full ballot even if the applicant is not a permanently registered voter but meets the requirements under Title 2 of the Election Code (unless the voter marks the FPCA form “my intent to return is uncertain” (2019 form (PDF)), or “my return is uncertain” (2017 form (PDF)), in which case the voter receives a federal-only ballot). (Sec. 101. 052(i)).
    • Thursday, October 22, 2020 (12th day before Election Day; day before the last day to apply for a ballot by mail)
      • First day that counties with a population of 100,000 or more, or entities that are having joint elections with such a county, may convene their early voting ballot board and deliver by mail ballots to begin processing and qualifying mail ballots; however, the mail ballots may not be counted until (i) the polls open on Election Day, or (ii) in an election conducted by an authority of a county with a population of 100,000 or more or entities that are having joint elections with such a county, the end of the period for early voting in person. (Secs. 87.0222; 87.0241). 
    • Friday, October 23, 2020 (11th day before Election Day)
      • Last day to receive an FPCA (PDF) from a voter. If the voter is not registered in the county (and / or marked intent to return “not certain”), the voter is still eligible for a ballot containing federal offices only. In a local (non-federal) election, this means there is no ballot to send the voter. (Secs. 101.052(b), (f); 114.004(c)).
    • Saturday, October 24, 2020 (10th day before Election Day; last Saturday of early voting period)
      • In counties with populations of 100,000 or more, early voting must be conducted in the November General Election for state and county officers for at least 12 hours on the last Saturday of the early voting period. (Sec. 85.006(e)). 
    • Sunday, October 25, 2020 (9th day before Election Day; last Sunday of early voting period)
      • In counties with populations of 100,000 or more, early voting must be conducted in the November General Election for state and county officers for at least 5 hours on last Sunday of the early voting period. (Sec. 85.006(e)). 
    • Monday, October 26 – Friday, October 30, 2020 (last week of early voting by personal appearance)
      • In counties with a population of 100,000 or more, the early voting clerk must keep the main early voting polling place open for 12 hours each day between October 26 and October 30, 2020. Early voting must be conducted at permanent branch locations for 12 hours each day. (Secs. 85.005(c) & 85.067).
    • Thursday, October 29, 2020 (5th day and 4th business day before Election Day)
      • A voter is eligible to vote a late ballot if they will be out of their county of residence on Election Day due to a death in the immediate family (related within 2nd degree of consanguinity or affinity) that occurs on or after this day. 
    • Friday, October 30, 2020 (4th day before Election Day)
      • Last day to vote early by personal appearance. (Sec. 85.001(a)).
    • Saturday, October 31, 2020 (3rd day before Election Day)
      • First day that counties with a population of 100,000 or more (or local subdivisions conducting a joint election with such a county) may convene their early voting ballot board and begin counting ballots; however, the results may not be announced until after the polls close on Election Day. (Secs. 87.0222; 87.0241).
    • Tuesday, November 3, 2020 - (Election Day)
      • Polls Open (Sec.41.031) 7:00am through 7:00pm