Election Day for the midterm election is on Nov. 3, and early voting starts Oct. 19 and continues through Oct. 30.
To check if you are registered to vote, visit votetexas.gov.
Here are the early voting polling sites in the Coastal Bend, what you need to bring and what's not allowed:
Nueces County
Voting locations will be open during these hours:
- 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 19 through Oct. 23
- 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 24
- Noon to 6 p.m. Oct. 25 (Nueces County Courthouse only)
- 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 26 through Oct. 30
Curbside voting will be available at all of the polling sites.
Registered voters in Nueces County may vote at any polling location in the county and are not restricted to their precinct.
- Adkins Middle School: 2402 Ennis Joslin Road (inside new gym)
- Bishop Multipurpose Building: 115 S. Ash Ave. in Bishop
- Calallen ISD Administration Building: 4205 Wildcat Drive (inside boardroom)
- Carroll High School: 3202 Saratoga Blvd. (inside Teaching Theater Room D135)
- Church Unlimited: 3402 Rodd Field Road (Kids Unlimited Atrium entrance)
- Deaf & Hard of Hearing Center: 5151 McArdle Road
- Del Mar College: 101 Baldwin Blvd. (inside Heldenfels Administration Building)
- Ethel Eyerly Senior Center: 654 Graham Road
- Grant Middle School: 4350 Aaron Drive (inside new gym)
- Greenwood Senior Center: 4040 Greenwood Drive
- Hamlin Middle School: 3850 S. Staples St. (inside Room A142)
- Hilltop Community Center: 11425 Leopard St. (inside South Wing No. 1)
- Island Presbyterian Church: 14030 Fortuna Bay Drive (inside Annex Building)
- Johnny Calderon Building: 710 E. Main Ave. in Robstown (inside auditoritum)
- London ISD Administration Building: 1356 FM 43 (inside boardroom)
- Nueces County Courthouse: 901 Leopard St.
- Port Aransas Community Center: 408 N. Alister St. in Port Aransas
- Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi: 6300 Ocean Drive (inside Carlos Truan Natural Resources Center in Room 1003)
- Veterans Memorial High School: 3750 Cimarron Blvd. (auditorium entrance)
- West Oso ISD Administration Building: 5350 Bear Lane (inside boardroom)
Aransas County
Registered voters in Aransas County may vote at the Elections
& Voter Registration Office at 602 E. Concho St. (side door entrance) in Rockport at the following hours:
- 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 19 through Oct. 23
- 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 24
- Noon to 6 p.m. Oct. 25
- 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 26 through Oct. 30
Kleberg County
Registered voters in Kleberg County may vote at the Early Voting Annex at 720 E. King Ave. in Kingsville at the following hours:
- 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 19 through Oct. 23
- 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 24
- 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 26 through Oct. 30
- 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 25
San Patricio County
The San Patricio County Fairgrounds Civic Center, at 219 W. Fifth St. in Sinton, will act as the main early voting location.
Registered voters in San Patricio County may vote at any polling location in the county and are not restricted to their precinct.
Registered voters may vote at the San Patricio County Fairgrounds Civic Center during these hours:
- 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 19 through Oct. 23
- 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 24
- Noon to 6 p.m. Oct. 25
- 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 26 through Oct. 30
Other locations are:
- Aransas Pass Civic Center: 700 W. Wheeler Ave. in Aransas Pass
- Mathis City Hall Annex: 401 E. San Patricio Ave. in Mathis
- Portland Community Center: 2000 Billy G Webb Drive in Portland
Those locations will be open during these hours:
- 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 19 through Oct. 23
- 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 24
- 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 26, 28 and 30
- 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 27 and 29
What do I need to bring to the polls?
State law requires registered voters to present one of seven forms of identification in order to vote in person at a polling location. They include:
- Texas driver's license issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety
- Texas election identification certificate issued by DPS
- Texas personal identification card issued by DPS
- Texas license to carry a handgun issued by DPS
- United States military identification card containing the person's photograph
- United States citizenship certificate containing the person's photograph
- United States passport
A student ID is not an approved form of identification.
What's not allowed at the polls?
When you go to your polling place, you will notice a cone or other distance marker placed 100 feet from the entrance of the building. Inside that 100-foot mark, you are not allowed to post, use or distribute any political signs or literature relating to a candidate, political party or measure.
Under Texas law, people are not allowed to use wireless communications devices within 100 feet of voting stations. Additionally, people are not allowed to use mechanical or electronic devices to record sound or images within 100 feet of the voting stations. These include cell phones, cameras, tablet computers, laptops and any other device that may communicate wirelessly or be used to record sound or images.
Texas law prohibits people from bringing a firearm onto the premises. This prohibition does not apply to peace officers, regardless of whether they are on or off duty.
People may not wear apparel or a similar communicative device relating to a candidate, measure or political party, regardless of whether they are on the ballot. If a person is wearing such apparel, they will be asked to remove or cover up their apparel before entering the polling place.
John Oliva covers entertainment and community news in South Texas. Have a story idea? Contact him at john.oliva@caller.com.
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This article originally appeared on Corpus Christi Caller Times: Voting early in midterm election? See polling sites in South Texas
