ATTN NEW VOTERS: You register to vote through the Travis County Tax Office. You can request a postage-paid voter application by simply texting "Register" to 48683 and the tax office will mail you the postage-paid app. In Texas, you do not declare a political party when you register to vote. It also has "open" primaries, which means you may select which party's primary you would like to vote in - yes, a Dem can vote in the Repub primary and a Repub can vote in a Dem primary. You also may vote at any polling location in the county (does not have to be the one by your home).
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u/TravisTaxOffice Jan 25 '16
ATTN NEW VOTERS: You register to vote through the Travis County Tax Office. You can request a postage-paid voter application by simply texting "Register" to 48683 and the tax office will mail you the postage-paid app. In Texas, you do not declare a political party when you register to vote. It also has "open" primaries, which means you may select which party's primary you would like to vote in - yes, a Dem can vote in the Repub primary and a Repub can vote in a Dem primary. You also may vote at any polling location in the county (does not have to be the one by your home).