Garrison, Texas Public Records

Texas residents, including those in the community, can register to vote online through the Texas Secretary of State at www.texas.gov or www.votetexas.gov, though online applications must be printed, signed, and mailed to the county voter registrar. Applications must be submitted and received at least 30 days before an election for the applicant to be eligible to vote in that election. To register in Texas, individuals must be U.S. Citizens, at least 18 years old by election day, residents of the county where they are registering, not finally convicted of a felony (or fully completed sentence including probation/parole), and not declared mentally incapacitated by a court. Valid forms of ID for voting include Texas driver's license, Texas election identification certificate, U.S. Passport, military ID, or citizenship certificate with photo. The city holds municipal elections for mayor and city council positions, typically in May on the uniform election date established by Texas law. Operating under a mayor-council form of government, the community will see its Information about candidates, filing deadlines, and local ballot measures is available from Garrison City Hall at (936) 347-2245 and from the Nacogdoches County Elections office. Residents can find their assigned polling place by visiting the Texas Secretary of State's polling place search at www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/voter/polling-place-locator.shtml or by contacting the Nacogdoches County Elections office. Early voting is available at designated locations in Nacogdoches County for approximately two weeks before each election, including evenings and weekends. Under Texas public records law, certain election records are publicly accessible. Voter registration lists can be purchased from the county for lawful purposes; individual voter registration status can be checked online at the Secretary of State website. Campaign finance reports for candidates and political committees are filed with the Texas Ethics Commission and searchable at www.ethics.state.tx.us. Precinct-level election results are published by the Nacogdoches County elections office after each election and become part of the permanent public record. At the federal level, all U.S.Current federal, state, and local election schedules, ballot contests, candidate filings, and certified results for Garrison voters are published by the Texas Secretary of State Elections Division (https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/). At the state level, Texas voters will elect a Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and other statewide executive offices, all state House of Representatives seats (including the representative for the local district), and approximately half of the state Senate. Primary elections for party nominations will be held in March 2026. Texas offers limited mail-in (absentee) voting. To vote by mail in Texas, a voter must be 65 or older, disabled, out of the county during the entire early voting period and on election day, or confined in jail but otherwise eligible. Applications for mail ballots must be received by the Nacogdoches County Elections office no later than 11 days before election day. Applications are available at www.sos.state.tx.us or from the Nacogdoches County elections office at (936) 560-7695.