Balmorhea, Texas Public Records

Texas residents can begin the voter registration process online at www.votetexas.gov, though applications must be printed, signed, and mailed to the county voter registrar. Registration applications must be postmarked or submitted in person at least 30 days before an election for eligibility. Voters must be U.S. Citizens, Texas residents, at least 18 years old by election day, and not finally convicted of a felony unless they've completed their sentence, parole, or probation. Acceptable voter identification includes a Texas driver's license, Texas personal ID card, Texas election identification certificate, Texas handgun license, U.S. Military ID, U.S. Passport, or U.S. Citizenship certificate with photograph. Those without acceptable photo ID may sign a Reasonable Impediment Declaration and present supporting documentation such as utility bills or bank statements. As an unincorporated community, Balmorhea holds no municipal elections for mayor or city council. Instead, residents vote in Reeves County elections for county officials including county judge, commissioners, sheriff, tax assessor-collector, county clerk, district clerk, county attorney, and district attorney. These partisan elections typically occur during November even-year general elections and March or May primary elections. State legislative elections determine representation in the Texas House of Representatives and Texas Senate, while federal elections decide U.S. President, U.S. Senate, and U.S. House of Representatives. Residents can locate their specific polling place through the Texas Secretary of State polling place lookup at www.votetexas.gov or by contacting the Reeves County Elections office at (432) 445-5467. Texas allows early voting for all elections, typically beginning 17 days before election day for general elections and extending through the fourth day before election day. Early voting locations and hours are posted on the Reeves County website and at the Reeves County Clerk's office. Publicly accessible Texas election records include voter registration lists, available for political purposes under certain restrictions, along with campaign finance reports filed with the Texas Ethics Commission and searchable at www.ethics.state.tx.us. Candidate filings, petition information, and precinct-level election results are also public.Current federal, state, and local election schedules, ballot contests, candidate filings, and certified results for Balmorhea voters are published by the Texas Secretary of State Elections Division (https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/). All 150 Texas House of Representatives seats will be contested, along with approximately half of the 31 Texas Senate seats depending on district election schedules. Various Reeves County offices will appear on the ballot depending on term schedules. No U.S. Local races may include county commissioners, justices of the peace, and school board positions. Texas voters will also decide on any state constitutional amendments proposed by the legislature. Mail-in voting in Texas is restricted to specific categories: those 65 years or older, voters with disabilities or illness preventing in-person voting, voters confined in jail but otherwise eligible, and voters absent from the county during the entire early voting period and on election day. Applications for mail-in ballots must be submitted to the Reeves County Elections office and received - not postmarked - by the 11th day before election day. Completed mail ballots must be postmarked by election day and received by 5:00 PM the day after election day, or hand-delivered to the elections office by 7:00 PM on election day. Texas does not offer no-excuse absentee voting; voters not meeting the specified criteria must vote in person during early voting or on election day.