Carmine, Texas Public Records

The Elections Administrator maintains voter registration rolls, processes applications, coordinates polling locations, recruits election workers, and certifies election results for county, state, and federal elections. Residents can register to vote online through the Texas Secretary of State's website at www.votetexas.gov, or by submitting a completed voter registration application by mail or in person to the Fayette County Elections office. To register, applicants must be U.S. Citizens, residents of Fayette County, at least 18 years old by election day, and not finally convicted of a felony (or have completed all terms of sentence, parole, or probation). The voter registration deadline is 30 days before any election. Texas requires voters to present one of seven approved forms of photo ID when voting in person, including a Texas driver's license, Texas ID card, U.S. Passport, military ID, or concealed handgun license. Because Carmine is an unincorporated community, it does not hold municipal elections for mayor or city council. Voters participate in Fayette County elections for county judge, county commissioners (Precinct 4 serves Carmine), sheriff, county clerk, tax assessor-collector, county attorney, district attorney, district clerk, and justices of the peace. County elections are held during even-numbered years in November, with primary elections in March. Residents can find their assigned polling place by using the polling place lookup tool at www.votetexas.gov or by contacting the Fayette County Elections office. Early voting is conducted at the Fayette County Courthouse in La Grange for all county voters, typically beginning 17 days before election day and ending four days before. Election records that are publicly accessible in Texas include voter registration lists (available for purchase for political purposes), campaign finance reports filed with the Texas Ethics Commission (searchable at www.ethics.state.tx.us), candidate filings and ballot information, and precinct-by-precinct election results. The Fayette County Elections office publishes unofficial results on election night and certified results within days of the canvass. The county voted heavily Republican, consistent with its historical voting patterns. Texas does not have a U.S.Current federal, state, and local election schedules, ballot contests, candidate filings, and certified results for Carmine voters are published by the Texas Secretary of State Elections Division (https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/). At the Fayette County level, voters will elect the County Judge, County Commissioners for precincts with expiring terms, Sheriff, County Clerk, District Clerk, Tax Assessor-Collector, County Treasurer, and justices of the peace. Primary elections will be held in March 2026 to determine party nominees. Texas allows mail-in (absentee) voting only for voters who meet specific criteria: those 65 years or older, those who will be absent from the county during the entire early voting period and on election day, those confined in jail but eligible to vote, or those with a disability or illness that prevents voting in person. Applications for mail-in ballots must be submitted to the Fayette County Elections Administrator and received (not postmarked) by the 11th day before election day. Completed ballots must be received by 7:00 p.m. On election day or postmarked by election day and received the following business day. Applications are available at www.votetexas.gov or from the Elections office at (979) 968-6407.