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Date: 2/20/2024
Subject: Early Voting Starts Today!
From: League of Women Voters of Dallas



Early Voting Starts Today, February 20 - March 1
 
Today marks the beginning of early voting for the March 5 Democratic and Republican primary elections! Early voting will run through March 1. Enter your address at www.Vote411.org to see a personalized sample ballot and compare candidates' responses to LWV questions.
 
The Libertarian party will choose candidates at conventions on March 12 (precinct) and March 16 (county). The Green party also uses conventions to select candidates. You may only participate in one party's selection process.
 
In this primary election, voters will choose Democratic and Republican party candidates for races such as:
  • President
  • U.S. Senator
  • U.S. Representative
  • Railroad Commissioner
  • Tx Supreme Court Justice
  • Tx Court of Criminal Appeals Justice
  • Tx 5th Court of Appeals District Justice
  • Tx State Board of Education Member
  • Tx State Senator
  • Tx State Representative
  • District Judge
  • Criminal District Judge
  • County Commissioner
  • Sheriff
  • County Tax Assessor-Collector
Additionally, both parties will elect county chairs and precinct chairs. Republican voters will vote on non-binding propositions to advise their state party on the direction it should take.
 

Prepare to Be a Voter 

Candidate Forums 
  • Texas HD 115 Democratic Primary Candidate Forum co-sponsored with NDCC. Click here to view the recording.
  • U.S. HD 32 Democratic Primary Candidate Forum co-sponsored with NDCC. Click here to view the recording.
  • Texas HD 70 Republican Primary Candidate Forum co-sponsored with NDCC. Click here to view the recording.
  • Texas HD 108 Democratic Primary Candidate Forum co-sponsored with NDCC. Click here to view the recording.
A candidate forum is a live public meeting in which two or more of the candidates for office present their views in short individual speeches, and then answer questions from the audience.

The League of Women Voters never supports or opposes any political party or political candidate. Forums sponsored by the LWV, or in which the LWV participates, are nonpartisan and ensure that all participating candidates are treated fairly and equally.
 

Want to Vote by Mail?
 
In Texas you must apply to vote by mail every year.  Dallas County Elections Department can receive applications beginning on January 1.  The deadline to apply for the March 5 Primary is February 23, 2024.  (But we advise you to get it there earlier so you can allow for potential delays by the mail.)   If you miss that deadline don’t forget we have two more elections this year – one in May and the General in November.
 
Please go to our website lwvdallas.org/Vote_By_Mail or the LWV Texas website https://lwvtexas.org/votebymail for basic information about Ballot by Mail and helpful videos. 
You can vote by mail in Texas if you are:
  • 65 years or older
  • Sick or disabled.
  • Out of the county during early voting and Election Day 
  • Expecting to give birth within three weeks before or after Election Day.
  • In jail but otherwise eligible to vote
Please note that the application forms are available in English and Spanish.  If you would like one in Vietnamese go to the Dallas County Elections website https://www.dallascountyvotes.org/absentee-voting/
 
Want to track your ballot?  Dallas County Elections has a wonderful tracker.  Find a link to it on their homepage: https://www.dallascountyvotes.org/.
 

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