Early or Absentee Voting

If you are going to be out of the county in which you registered to vote on Election Day, you can select one of two options to cast your ballot.  As a registered voter, you can vote by mail or you can vote early in person.

Vote By Mail

You can request an Application for Ballot by Mail from the elections administrator of the county in which you are registered.  This form must be submitted to your county’s elections administrator before the close of business on the seventh day before Election Day.  If the seventh day is a weekend, the last day to submit the application is the preceding Friday.  This year, the deadline is Tuesday, October 27, 2009.  The first day to apply for a ballot by mail is Friday, September 4, 2009.

Vote Early In Person

You can cast your ballot by voting in person at an early polling location in the county in which you are registered to vote.  Early voting in person starts 17 days before each election unless the first day falls on a weekend, then early voting begins on the following Monday and ends four days before each election.  This year’s early voting begins on Monday, October 19, 2009 and ends on Friday, October 30, 2009.  The list of early polling locations is available from the elections administrator of the county in which you are registered to vote.

Early voting locations near the University of Houston-Victoria for voters registered in Victoria County:

• Elections Office – 111 N. Glass

How To Contact Your Elections Administrator

Information regarding voting by mail and voting early in person is available from the elections administrator of the county in which you are registered to vote.  The following is a partial list of elections administrator websites for counties in the Houston area: