Mcallen, Texas Public Records

Citizens, Texas residents, and at least 18 years old by election day, providing a Texas driver's license or identification number or the last four digits of a Social Security number. The city conducts municipal elections for mayor and city council positions, typically held in May of odd-numbered years on a uniform election date. Candidate filings and local ballot measures can be found through the McAllen City Secretary's office at www.mcallen.net. Voters can find their assigned polling place through the Hidalgo County elections department's online polling place locator at www.hidalgocounty.us/elections or by calling 956-383-6804. In Texas, public election records include voter registration lists (available by request with restrictions on use), campaign finance reports filed with the Texas Ethics Commission at www.ethics.state.tx. The U.S.Current federal, state, and local election schedules, ballot contests, candidate filings, and certified results for Mcallen voters are published by the Texas Secretary of State Elections Division (https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/). Absentee voting by mail in Texas is restricted to voters 65 and older, those with a disability or illness, those confined in jail but eligible, or those out of the county during early voting and election day. Applications for mail ballots must be submitted to the Hidalgo County Early Voting Clerk at the elections office and received no later than 11 days before election day. Early voting for most elections runs 17 days before election day through the fourth day before. Texas does not offer no-excuse absentee voting. Residents can access sample ballots, election calendars, and voter guides through the Hidalgo County Elections website prior to each election.