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As the 2024 election approaches, here's what to know about ballot tracking, vote-by-mail deadlines, and finding your polling site in Texas.
In Texas, wearing a hat, like a MAGA or "Harris Walz" baseball cap is considered electioneering, which is not allowed within 100 feet of the polling place's entrance, according to NCSL.
There are also state laws about how far someone needs to be from a polling place while wearing political clothing. For example, in California, it’s 100 feet, while in Alabama, it’s 30 feet.
The Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act (VAEHA) P.L. 98-435, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1973ee–1973ee-6, is a United States law passed in 1984 that mandates easy access for handicapped and elderly person to voter registration and polling places during Federal elections.
As of 2024, 99.5 percent of registered voters in Texas are in jurisdictions using voting methods with some form of auditable paper ballot, an established best practice for recounts and audits. [8] Just 0.5 percent of Texas voters use electronic direct recording electronic machines (DREs) without a paper record of each vote.
Polling places in Texas, the state with the second most electoral votes, are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. local time. Most of the state is in the Central time zone, though three counties in the far ...
Following the record turnout of the 2020 election, Texas state legislators moved to change the state's election laws. At start of the 87th Legislative session, over 53 bills restricting access to voting had been introduced in Texas. [10] Ultimately, SB 1 would become the dominant bill for reforming elections.
In Texas, electioneering is defined as posting, using or distributing political signage or literature, and this applies to everyone at the polling place, including voters and poll workers or ...