Whitewright, Texas Public Records

Texas voters can register online through the Texas Secretary of State at www.votetexas.gov or by submitting a completed voter registration application by mail or in person to the Grayson County Elections Office. Registration applications must be postmarked or submitted at least 30 days before an election. Applicants must be U.S. Citizens, residents of Grayson County, at least 17 years and 10 months old (18 to vote), and not finally convicted of a felony or, if convicted, have completed their sentence including parole or probation. No photo ID is required to register, but voters must provide their Texas driver's license number or personal identification number, or the last four digits of their Social Security number. As an incorporated city, Whitewright holds municipal elections for mayor and city council positions, typically on the uniform election date in May of odd-numbered years Information about local candidates, city propositions, and sample ballots for municipal elections is available through Whitewright City Hall at 903-364-2219 and the Grayson County Elections Office. Local residents can find their assigned polling location using the "My Voter Portal" tool on the Texas Secretary of State website at www.votetexas.gov, where voters enter their name and date of birth or search by their unique voter registration number. The system displays current registration status, precinct assignment, polling place address, sample ballots, and elected representatives. Texas offers limited mail-in voting; absentee ballots are only available to voters 65 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 otherwise eligible, or those with a sickness or physical condition preventing in-person voting. Applications for mail ballots must be submitted to the Grayson County Elections Office, and applications for ballot by mail must be received (not postmarked) by the 11th day before election day. Completed mail ballots must be received by 7:00 PM on election day or postmarked by election day and received by 5:00 PM the following business day. Under Texas law, election records including voter registration lists (with certain personal information redacted), campaign finance reports filed with the county or state, candidate applications and filings, precinct-level election results, and early voting statistics are all public information. Voter registration lists showing names, addresses, and voting history (which elections, not how someone voted) can be purchased from the Grayson County elections office for lawful purposes. Campaign finance reports for local candidates are filed with the Grayson County Elections Office and can be inspected in person, while state-level campaign finance data is available through the Texas Ethics Commission at www.ethics.state.tx.us. Precinct-level election results for all elections are posted on the Grayson County Elections website typically on election night and officially certified within days after the election canvass.