Highland Village, Texas Public Records

Texas residents can register to vote online through the Texas Secretary of State's website at https://www.texas.gov/living-in-texas/texas-voter-registration/. Voter registration applications must be postmarked or submitted in person at least 30 days before an election. To register, applicants must be U.S. Citizens, at least 18 years old on election day, residents of the county where they apply, not finally convicted of a felony or have completed their sentence/parole/probation, and not declared mentally incapacitated by a court. Texas does not have fully online voter registration; applicants complete the form online but must print, sign, and mail or deliver it to the Denton County Elections Administration. Driver's license or state ID number is required, or the last four digits of Social Security number if no Texas ID. Municipal elections for Mayor and City Council positions occur regularly in the city. Highland Village has a council-manager form of government with a mayor and five council members serving staggered three-year terms. Municipal elections are typically held on the first Saturday in May under the Texas Election Code for uniform election dates.Current federal, state, and local election schedules, ballot contests, candidate filings, and certified results for Highland voters are published by the Texas Secretary of State Elections Division (https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/). Voters elect their mayor at-large and council members from five single-member places. Candidate filing information, sample ballots, and local ballot measures are available through the City Secretary's office at 1000 Highland Village Road (phone: 972-317-6551) and at https://www.highlandvillage.org. Residents can locate their assigned polling place through the Denton County Elections website at https://www.votedenton.gov by entering their residential address in the polling place locator tool. Texas allows countywide voting, meaning during early voting periods, voters can cast ballots at any early voting location in Denton County. On election day, voters must vote at their assigned precinct polling place. Early voting typically begins 17 days before election day and ends four days before for most elections. Texas maintains extensive public election records. Voter registration lists are public information available through the Denton County elections office, though individual voter registration applications containing signatures and ID numbers are not public. Campaign finance reports for candidates and political committees are accessible through the Texas Ethics Commission at https://www.ethics.state.tx.us, where contributions and expenditures for state and local candidates can be searched. Candidate filing information is maintained by the elections office for county elections and by the City Secretary for municipal elections. Precinct-level election results for all elections in Denton County are published at https://www.votedenton.gov/election-results, providing detailed vote totals by race and geographic area. U.S. Senate elections in Texas occur in 2024 and next in 2030, so no U.S. However, all U.S. House seats are up for election every two years, and residents will vote for their U.S. Representative (currently representing Texas Congressional District 26 or portions thereof, subject to redistricting). Denton County voters will elect county offices including County Judge, County Commissioners for specific precincts, County Clerk, District Clerk, Sheriff, Tax Assessor-Collector, Treasurer, County Attorney, District Attorney, and Justices of the Peace, with specific positions depending on term expirations. Municipal elections occur in May, not November, so no city positions will appear on Texas allows absentee voting by mail only for specific categories of voters: those 65 years or older, voters 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 voters with a disability or illness that prevents voting in person. Applications for mail ballots must be received by the Denton County Elections office no later than 11 days before election day. The application can be submitted by mail, fax, email (scanned with signature), or common or contract carrier. The application form is available at https://www.votedenton.gov or from the elections office. Texas does not have universal mail-in voting or no-excuse absentee voting; voters not meeting one of the four qualifying categories must vote in person during early voting or on election day.