Kosse, Texas Public Records

Registration must be completed 30 days before any election. Voters must provide their Texas driver's license number or identification card number issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety, or if they have not been issued one of these, the last four digits of their Social Security number. Municipal elections in Kosse cover city council and mayor positions. As a general law city in Texas, the community typically holds municipal elections on uniform election dates established by state law, generally in May of odd-numbered years, though residents should confirm the specific schedule with Kosse City Hall at (254) 375-2261 To find their assigned polling place, voters can contact the Limestone County Elections Office or visit the Texas Secretary of State's website at www.texas.gov, which provides a polling place lookup tool where voters enter their address to find their precinct and polling location. Under Texas public records law, certain election records are publicly accessible including voter registration lists (with some information redacted for privacy), campaign finance reports filed by candidates and political committees, candidate applications and filings, and election results by precinct. These can be requested from the Elections Office or accessed through the Texas Ethics Commission website for state-level candidates at www.ethics.state.tx.us. All U.S. House of Representatives seats are up for election, including Texas Congressional District 17 which covers Limestone County. Texas voters will also elect statewide officials including Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and other executive offices, all of which are four-year terms elected in midterm years. At the Limestone County level, various Limestone County offices including county judge, commissioners, sheriff, county clerk, district clerk, tax assessor-collector, and justices of the peace may be contested depending on term expiration schedules. Voters should check with the Limestone County Elections Office closer to the election for a complete list of races and any local propositions. Texas allows absentee voting by mail only for specific categories of voters: 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 disability or illness that prevents voting in person. Applications for mail-in ballots must be submitted to the Limestone County Elections Administrator and received (not postmarked) by the 11th day before election day. All other voters must vote in person either during the early voting period or on election day. Early voting for most elections begins 17 days before election day and ends four days before election day.