Williamson County, Texas

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SAMPLE BALLOTS: A full composite ballot is available HERE. Individual sample ballots will be available on the lookup by October 1, 2020.

REGISTER TO VOTE: Deadline to register is Monday, October 5, 2020 (postmarked)

BALLOT-BY-MAIL: Deadline to apply is Friday, October 23, 2020 (received). Please note that applications for ballot-by-mail may NOT be hand delivered to our office once early voting begins. The last day applications for ballot-by-mail can be hand delivered to our office is Monday, October 12th.

NOTE: Our office will not begin mailing ballots until late-September at the earliest. Ballots will first be sent to those that have already applied and we will continuously process and mail ballots as additional applications are received. Please check back regularly for additional information

Per proclamation of Gov. Abbott on Monday, July 27, 2020, voters may hand deliver their own marked mail ballot to the Elections Department during business hours. Photo ID laws are applicable to all voters that hand deliver their ballots. Ballots may be hand-delivered as soon as it has been received and voted. Voters may also use a contract courier (like FedEx, UPS, DHL, etc.) to return their ballot to us. 

EARLY VOTING: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 to Friday, October 30, 2020
Early Voting extended per proclamation of Gov. Abbott on Monday, July 27, 2020.

ELECTION DAY: Tuesday, November 3, 2020 - Polls open 7am to 7pm (Vote Center locations coming soon)

ELECTION LAW CALENDAR: Prepared by the Office of the Texas Secretary of State

ORDER OF ELECTION: The Order contains Early Voting branch locations that have been changed. Refer to Early Voting page for most current information.

Notice of Public Logic and Accuracy Test: In accordance with the Texas Election Code, a public Logic and Accuracy test of the electronic voting equipment and test of the Central Accumulator System to be used in the Joint General and Special Elections on November 3^rd, 2020 will be conducted at the Georgetown Annex, 100 Wilco Way, Georgetown, Texas, on Tuesday, September 22^th, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. and into Wednesday, September 23^rd, 2020, until completed.

Notice of Elimination of Straight-Party Voting: House Bill 25, passed during the 85th Legislative Session, eliminated straight-party voting effective September 1, 2020 (Section 64.004, Texas Election Code). If you wish to vote for all of the candidates affiliated with one party, you should select each candidate one at a time on your ballot.

Below is a list of entities that have postponed or cancelled their previously scheduled May 2, 2020 elections.
Please click on the name of the entity to view the postponement or cancellation order. 

On April 30, 2019, the Williamson County Commissioner’s Court approved the purchase of a new voting system for Williamson County from Election Systems & Software (ES&S). The new voting system includes ExpressVote ballot marking devices and DS200 digital scan precinct tabulators to be available at every Williamson County polling location, as well as DS850 central high-speed digital scanners and tabulators to be used at Central Count to tabulate ballots received by mail. The new voting system will be put into use for the first time in October 2019 during Early Voting for the November 5, 2019 uniform election.

With the new voting system, voters will receive a blank ballot at check-in to insert into the ExpressVote ballot marking device and make their selections. After reviewing their selections on the screen, voters will print the ballot. Once voters have reviewed the selections printed on the ballot, they will insert the ballot into the DS200 digital scanner for tabulation. This hybrid system allows for the convenience and accuracy of electronic voting, as well as the security of an auditable paper ballot that can be used for manual recounts.

For additional information on Williamson County’s new voting system, click HERE