Deadline Today To Register To Vote Nov. 7

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Tuesday is the last day to register to vote for the November 7th general election. Registration forms can be picked up at local Department of Public Safety offices, local libraries and at the Secretary of State’s office.

Residents also can sign up at a local voter registration office or find an application at the Secretary of State’s Web site. The applications must be either hand-delivered to the county voter registrar by the end of the business day today or postmarked today.

In Texas, voters will be choosing a governor, lieutenant governor, US senator, attorney general, comptroller, land commissioner, agriculture commissioner and railroad commissioner. They also are choosing state and US representatives, Supreme Court justices, Court of Criminal Appeals judges and candidates for numerous local offices.

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