AUSTIN, Texas — The deadline to register to vote in Texas is quickly approaching for the Nov. 5 election.
Monday, Oct. 7, is the last day to register to vote or update your voter registration address. But Travis County’s voter registrar says applicants who don’t mail their applications by Friday, Oct. 4, should apply in person.
"Do not mail voter registration applications after Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, unless obtaining hand-canceled postmarks," Travis County Voter Registrar Bruce Elfant said. "This means you must go inside the post office and wait in line to have your application postmarked by an employee. After Friday, there is no guarantee of receiving timely postmarks, and voter registration applications received with late postmarks will not be included on the voter rolls for the presidential election.
Elfant said on every registration deadline, his office receives as many as 2,000 voter registration applications that were mailed by the deadline but failed to receive timely postmarks.
"This year, through Congressman Doggett’s office, we received approval to allow Travis County volunteer deputy registrars to set up voter registration drives at post office locations in different areas of the county until midnight on the Oct. 7, 2024, voter registration deadline," Elfant said on Wednesday. "Late last week, Congressman Doggett informed me that the Postal Service approval had been rescinded. To say that I am disappointed would be an understatement, but now we need to let those who still need to register to vote or update their addresses know what they should and should not do."
Travis County residents are asked to check their voter registration status at VoteTravis.com before the deadline.
Eligible citizens who need to register or update their addresses can visit the following locations on Oct. 7:
8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Travis County Tax Office locations:
- Nelda Wells Spears Building, 2433 Ridgepoint Dr., Austin, TX 78754
- Travis County Tax Office – Pflugerville, 15822 Foothill Farms Loop, Pflugerville, TX 78660
- Travis County Tax Office – Northwest, 8110 N FM 620, Austin, TX 78726
- Travis County Tax Office – Southwest, 8656 State Hwy 71, Building B, Austin, TX 78735
- Travis County Tax Office – Southeast, 4011 McKinney Falls Pkwy., Austin, TX 78744
8 a.m. to midnight at Travis County North Campus:
- Travis County, 5501 Airport Blvd., Austin, TX 78751
Noon to 8 p.m. at all Travis County Thundercloud Subs locations:
- Thundercloud Subs, 1700 Grand Ave. Pkwy. #200, Pflugerville, TX 78660
- Thundercloud Subs, 903 W. 12th St., Austin, TX 78703
- Thundercloud Subs, 2308 Lake Austin Blvd., Austin, TX 78703
- Thundercloud Subs, 201 E. Riverside Dr., Austin, TX 78704
- Thundercloud Subs, 2801 S. Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX 78704
- Thundercloud Subs, 3200 Guadalupe St., Austin, TX 78705
- Thundercloud Subs, 6105 E. Hwy 290, Austin, TX 78723
- Thundercloud Subs, 2500 W. Parmer Ln. #160, Austin, TX 78727
- Thundercloud Subs, 6920 Ranch Rd. 620 N., Austin, TX 78732
- Thundercloud Subs, 12400 State Hwy 71 #706, Bee Caves, TX 78738
- Thundercloud Subs, 2021 E. Riverside Dr., Austin, TX 78741
- Thundercloud Subs, 3201 Bee Caves Rd., Austin, TX 78746
- Thundercloud Subs, 1807 W. Slaughter Ln. #500, Austin, TX 78748
- Thundercloud Subs, 3601 W. William Cannon Dr. #300, Austin, TX 78749
- Thundercloud Subs, 13776 US-183 #152, Austin, TX 78750
- Thundercloud Subs, 5401 Burnet Rd., Austin, TX 78756
- Thundercloud Subs, 7930 Burnet Rd., Austin, TX 78757
- Thundercloud Subs, 2521 Rutland Dr., Austin, TX 78758
4 p.m. to midnight at Radio Coffee and The Front Page:
- Radio Coffee & Beer, 4204 Menchaca Rd., Austin, TX 78704
- Radio Coffee East, 3504 Montopolis Dr., Austin, TX 78744
- The Front Page, 1023 Springdale Rd., Building 1, Austin, TX 78721
Williamson County's election office will be open until 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 7, to allow people more time to turn in their voter registration applications.
Meanwhile, Hays County's election office will close at its normal time, 5 p.m.