The following information relates to the local elections in May 2019. For the elections in November 2019, click here.
If you are registered and have valid ID, you can vote in the state-wide local elections on Saturday. Here is everything you need to know about choosing a North Texas city.
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If you can’t remember whether or not you signed up to vote, click here. Then you will find voting times and locations below.
(Update: When the May 4th elections are over, you can search for election results here.)
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings has a fixed-term contract and nine people are running to replace him. Your campaigns have raised more than $ 4 million to date. A drain appears likely. Also on the Dallas ballot: 14 seats on the city council are up for grabs.
Fort Worth voters will also elect a mayor. Reigning Betsy Price faces three challengers – Deborah Peoples, James McBride, and enrolled candidate Mike Haynes.
The Omni Hotel in downtown Dallas was encouraged by the November 2016 election.
Voters in Arlington and several other northern Texas cities will also elect mayors.
Across North Texas, the Dallas ISD and several other school districts are holding school council elections. In Fort Worth ISD four out of nine school council mandates are on the ballot. Collin County’s school districts include Frisco, Allen, McKinney, and Plano.
Prosper ISD is asking voters to approve $ 1.3 billion in admission to the fast-growing school district that serves parts of Collin and Denton counties.
In Dallas County, voters will vote on $ 1.1 billion in bonds for community college district improvements.
The city of Garland has a $ 420 million bond option – eight borrowings would pay off for the city’s facilities and infrastructure.
The Dallas Morning News has a voter guide. Find out more about the Fort Worth and Arlington races on the Fort Worth Star Telegram here. Here’s Community Impact’s coverage of various elections in Collin County. Here is the Denton Record-Chronicle’s coverage of various Denton County’s elections.
Here is a list of races in Dallas County (and a sample choice in Dallas County), Collin County, Denton County, and Tarrant County.
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Information on voting can be found on the following district websites:
What to vote on
Anne Mullen of Dallas wears shoes marked “VOTE” during an election night party for Democratic candidate Colin Allred in Dallas on Tuesday November 6, 2018.
One of seven types of ID will get you into a voting booth.
- Texas driver’s license
- Texas Department Identification Certificate (EIC) issued by the Department of Public Safety
- Texas Identity Card issued by DPS
- Texas Handgun license issued by DPS
- US military ID with your photo
- U.S. Citizenship Certificate with your photo
- US passport, book or card
»What if your ID has expired?
That’s okay to a degree.
- For voters aged 18 to 69, except for the U.S. citizenship certificate, which does not expire, the ID you bring to the vote must not have expired more than four years ago.
- For voters 70 and over: You can use any of the seven types of badges to vote, regardless of how long they expire, provided they are otherwise valid.
“What if you don’t have any of the seven acceptable forms of voter ID?
The state lists other forms of identification, such as a utility bill or birth certificate, that you can vote on if you “do not have an acceptable form of photo identification and cannot reasonably obtain” one.
In addition to submitting this secondary ID form, you will also need to fill out an “Adequate Impedance Declaration” form.
“What if you’re a special needs voter?
Remember that someone of your choice or an election officer can assist you in the elections. The exception is your employer, or someone representing your employer, or an officer or representative of your union. You can’t ask him to help you vote.
If you cannot physically enter the polling station, you can even vote by the roadside. Send someone to the polling station to ask a polling officer to meet you at the curb. If you would like to travel alone, please contact the election office in your district.
Stella M. Chávez from KERA contributed to this report.
This report has been updated since it was originally published on April 22, 2019.
