Early voting in the Nov. 3 general election begins Monday, Oct. 19, and Dallas County voters can cast a ballot at any of the county's early voting vote centers, not only one near home, under the countywide vote center model the Elections Department uses.
When the polls are open
The county's schedule sets these hours:
- Monday, Oct. 19, through Saturday, Oct. 24: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Sunday, Oct. 25: noon to 6 p.m.
- Monday, Oct. 26, through Friday, Oct. 30: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Anyone in line at 7 p.m. may still vote, the county says.
Where to vote
The Elections Department's early voting list, version dated Oct. 15, names 82 locations, while a summary line at its end counts 84. Thirty-nine of the listed sites carry a Dallas address.
They include the Dallas County Records Building at 500 Elm St., the Frank Crowley Courts Building at 133 N. Riverfront Blvd., the Oak Lawn Branch Library on Cedar Springs Road, the Paul L. Dunbar Library on East Kiest Boulevard, Fretz Park Library on Belt Line Road and Dallas College's Mountain View, West Dallas and Pleasant Grove locations.
The rest are spread from Addison and Carrollton to Lancaster, Mesquite, Irving and Grand Prairie.
What to bring
Texas law requires one of seven accepted forms of photo ID at the polls. For voters 18 to 69, an ID may be up to four years past its expiration date; for voters 70 and older, an expired ID of any age is accepted if it is otherwise valid.
