November 3, 2009 Uniform Election Date

*Note: Dates are subject to change during the 2009 Legislative Session

Authority conducting elections:

County Clerk/Elections Administrator
*Most Local Political Subdivision

August 3, 2009 **First Day to File for Place on General Election Ballot (for cities and schools ONLY)  (filing for other political subdivisions may vary)

September 2, 2009  Last Day to Order General Election

September 2, 2009 **Last Day to File for Place on Ballot (for local political subdivisions ONLY)

September 4, 2009  First Day to Apply for Ballot by Mail

October 5, 2009 (Moves to next business day, Monday)  Last Day to Register to Vote

October 19, 2009  First Day of Early Voting

October 27, 2009  Last Day to Apply for Ballot by Mail (Received, not postmarked)

October 30, 2009  Last Day of Early Voting

November 3, 2009 Election Day

May 9, 2009 Uniform Election Date

Authority conducting elections:
*Most Local Political Subdivisions

February 7, 2009  **First Day to File for Place on Ballot 

March 9, 2009 (deadline is extended to next business day) **Last Day to File for Place on Ballot

***March 13, 2009 (see note below relating to four year terms)  **Last Day to File for Place on Ballot

March 9, 2009  Last Day to Order General Election (deadline is next business day)

March 10, 2009  First Day to Apply for Ballot by Mail

April 9, 2009  Last Day to Register to Vote

April 27, 2009  First Day of Early Voting

May 1, 2009  Last Day to Apply for Ballot by Mail (Received, not Postmarked)

May 5, 2009  Last Day of Early Voting

*Local political subdivisions: county local propositions, cities, school districts, water districts, hospital districts, and any other local government entity that conducts elections.  The majority of these elections are conducted on the May uniform election date. 

 **Filing deadlines:

  1.  Generally, the filing deadline is the 62nd day prior to Election Day (70th day prior to November General); however, the Election Code may provide a different special election filing deadline.  See Section 201.054 of the Texas Election Code.

  2.  Local political subdivisions, other than cities or school districts, might not have a "first day" to file.  Write-in deadlines for general and special elections also vary, but the deadline is usually on the 5th day after the regular filing deadline for the elecion.

***If no candidate four a four-year term has filed an application for a place on the ballot for a city office, the filing deadline for that office is extended to 5pm of the 57th day before the election.  See Section 143.008 of the Texas Election Code.

June 13, 2009 Runoff Election Date

May 14th, 2009  Last Day to Register to Vote

June 1st, 2009  First Day of Early Voting

June 5th, 2009  Last Day to Apply for Ballot by Mail (Received, not Postmarked)

June 9th, 2009  Last Day of Early Voting