Farnsworth, Texas Public Records

Texas residents can register to vote online through the Texas Secretary of State's system at www.votetexas.gov, or by completing and submitting a voter registration application available for download or by request from the county, either by mail or in person. Applications must be postmarked or submitted at least 30 days before an election for eligibility. To register, applicants must be United States citizens, residents of the county where they are registering, at least 18 years old on Election Day (17-year-olds may register if they will be 18 by Election Day), not finally convicted of a felony (or have completed their sentence, including parole and probation), and not declared mentally incapacitated by a court. Texas does not require specific documentary proof of citizenship when registering by mail, but applicants must provide their Texas driver license number or state ID number, or if they have neither, the last four digits of their Social Security number. As an unincorporated community, Farnsworth does not hold municipal elections for mayor, city council, or local ballot measures since no incorporated city government exists. However, residents participate in all Ochiltree County elections, Texas state elections, and federal elections. County races include County Judge, County Commissioners (by precinct), County Clerk, District Clerk, County Treasurer, County Tax Assessor-Collector, Sheriff, Constables (by precinct), Justices of the Peace (by precinct), and District Attorney (shared with other counties in the judicial district). Local voters also participate in school board elections for the Perryton Independent School District, which serves the area; these elections typically occur on the uniform election date in May. Special district elections, such as for the North Plains Groundwater Conservation District or hospital district, may also appear on ballots. Texas holds primary elections in March of even-numbered years, with runoffs if necessary in May, and general elections on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Voters can look up their specific polling place assignment, sample ballots, and early voting locations by visiting the Texas Secretary of State's website at www.votetexas.gov or by contacting the Ochiltree County Elections office directly. Early voting for Texas elections is conducted for a period beginning the 17th day before Election Day and ending four days before Election Day for most elections, with extended hours required during the final week.Current federal, state, and local election schedules, ballot contests, candidate filings, and certified results for Farnsworth voters are published by the Texas Secretary of State Elections Division (https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/). Primary elections for these races will be held in March 2026. Texas offers limited vote-by-mail (absentee) voting, available only to voters who meet specific criteria: those 65 years of age 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 who have a sickness or physical condition preventing them from voting in person without personal assistance or likelihood of injury to health. Vote-by-mail applications must be submitted to the Ochiltree County Elections Administrator and must be received (not postmarked) by the 11th day before Election Day. Completed mail ballots must be returned by 7:00 PM on Election Day, either by mail (postmarked by Election Day and received by the next business day) or hand-delivered to the elections office. Public election records in Texas include voter registration lists (available to campaigns and in limited form to the public), campaign finance reports filed by candidates and political committees (searchable at www.ethics.state.tx.us for state-level races), candidate applications and filings, precinct-by-precinct election results, and early voting and Election Day turnout statistics. These records are available through the County Elections office or the Texas Secretary of State for statewide races. Texas law generally makes election records public to promote transparency in the democratic process, though individual voter history (whether a specific person voted in a specific election) is not disclosed in a way that reveals how they voted, protecting ballot secrecy.