Election 2024: Time is Running Out to Request Your Absentee Ballot!

With only 25 days until the Nov. 5 election, time is running out to request an absentee ballot! The deadline for your mail-in ballot application to be received by your county's elections office is Friday, Oct. 25!

In Texas, to request a mail-in ballot, you must meet one or more of the state's eligibility requirements:

• You are 65 years or older.

• You are expected to give birth within three weeks before or after Election Day.

• You will be out of the county you're registered to vote in on Election Day and during the period for early voting by personal appearance.

• You are confined in jail or in involuntary civil commitment.

Additionally, you must provide one of the following forms of identification with your application:

• Texas Personal Identification Number

• Election Identification Certificate Number issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety

• If you haven't been issued one of the above, the last four digits of your Social Security Number

You can get your application for a mail-in ballot on the Texas Secretary of State's website, or you can use Vote.org has the helpful tool at vote.org to pre-fill and print your absentee ballot application - check it out here! Either way, you will need to mail your application to your county's Early Voting Clerk, and it must be received by Friday, Oct. 25.

This election is extremely important, and we need all educator and public school family voices to be heard at the local, state, and federal levels. Working together, we can do big things, like stopping school vouchers, protecting educators and students, and fully funding our public schools.

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