Harris County Election Day Guide: 600-Plus Vote Centers Open Tuesday From 7 A.M. to 7 P.M.
Early voting is over. What is left for Harris County is one day: Tuesday, Nov. 3, when more than 600 vote centers open across the county from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., any registered voter can use any one of them, and anyone in line at 7 p.m. still votes.
HOUSTON - Harris County's midterm election comes down to Tuesday. With the early-voting period closed on Oct. 30, the county's remaining voters cast their ballots on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, when more than 600 vote centers will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., according to the Harris County Clerk's Office Elections Department.
The county's Vote Center model is the first thing to know: there is no assigned precinct polling place. A registered Harris County voter may vote at any available vote center in the county - near home, near work, or anywhere in between - and the county posts locations and estimated wait times at HarrisVotes.com and on the Harris Votes app, along with sample ballots so voters can settle their choices before they arrive. Anyone who is in line when the polls close at 7 p.m. is permitted to vote.
Bring photo identification. The county lists as acceptable a Texas driver's license, a Texas Election Identification Certificate, a Texas personal identification card, a Texas handgun license, a U.S. military ID with a photo, a U.S. citizenship certificate with a photo, or a U.S. passport, book or card. Voters who do not have an acceptable ID with them may vote a provisional ballot and then have six days after the election to verify their identification at a county branch location. Electronic devices, including cell phones, are not permitted inside polling locations.
Mail voters have one Election Day option of their own: a mail ballot can be hand-delivered on Tuesday, and only on Tuesday, at 1019 Congress Street in downtown Houston between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., with a valid photo ID. What is being decided is the full Nov. 3 General and Special Elections ballot - the U.S. Senate race between James Talarico and Ken Paxton, the governor's race, and the county, school and local questions Houston-area voters have been weighing for two weeks of early voting. Polls open at 7 a.m.; the county's advice, in its own materials, is to check a location's wait time before leaving home.
