Early voting starts today in Texas. Here's what you need to know.
Throughout McLennan County there are 5 of early voting locations you can cast your ballot at.
1. Robinson Community Center
106 W. Lyndale Avenue
2. Waco Multi-Purpose Community Center
1020 Elm Street
3. First Assembly of God Church
6701 Bosque Boulevard
4. Brazos Meadows Baptist Church
625 S. Hewitt Drive
5. Records Building (Basement of building)
214 N. 4th Street, Suite 300
For a complete list of polling locations – including early voting sites – click here.
Early voters can cast their ballot until Nov. 4:
Monday Oct. 24 through Friday Oct. 28, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday Oct. 29, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sunday Oct. 30, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Monday Oct. 31 – Nov. 4, 7 am to 7 pm
If you’re planning to vote by mail, you must submit your application no later than Friday October 28 at 5 p.m. You can find that application here, or pick it up in person at the elections office. The form must be mailed to P.O. Box 2450, Waco, Texas.
If you’re unsure whether you’re registered to vote, you can check your status here. If you’re registered, but need to make updates to your registration you can do that at any voting site.
This election, those voters who do not have a state approved photo ID will have other options when casting their ballot.
State sanctioned IDs include Texas driver’s licenses, concealed handgun license and U.S. passports. But if you don’t have either of those, or any of the other allowed forms of IDs, voters lacking approved identification can sign an affidavit when they head to vote. There's a complete list here.
There’s also a list of supporting IDs that can be used. That includes an original birth certificate, a valid voter registration certificate, or you can present a copy or original of one of the following: a current utility bill, a bank statement, a paycheck, or other government documentation that shows the voter’s name and an address.
Government documents that include a photo must be original and cannot be copies.
This election there is more than 136,000 registered voters in the county, which is nearly 7,300 more registered voters than in the 2012 presidential election.