Early voting for the 2024 election in Texas begins tomorrow. How to cast your vote.

NORTH TEXAS – In Texas, early voting offers residents a convenient way to cast their ballot before the 2024 Election Day on November 5th. Here are some important things to know about how and when to vote early in North Texas counties and across Texas.

When does early voting begin and end?

Early voting in Texas runs from Monday, October 21st to Friday, November 1st. Any registered voter may vote at any early voting location within their registration district during the 11-day period.

Early voting times vary.

• Early voting times for Tarrant County can be found here.
• Early voting times for Collin County can be found here.
• Early voting times for Denton County can be found here.
• Information about voting in Dallas County can be found here.

Texas is part of a Most states allow early voting or absentee voting. The deadline to request a mail-in ballot in Texas is October 25th. Absentee ballots must be returned or postmarked by Nov. 5 unless returned by an out-of-state voter.

How do you find early voting locations in your Texas county?

You can visit My Voter Portal (texas.gov) on the Texas Secretary of State’s website to learn more about early voting locations in your county. The website allows you to enter your name, county, date of birth and zip code to retrieve your registration information and find your nearest polling location.

CBS News Texas has also compiled early voting locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in the map below:

Does Texas release early voting results before Election Day?

No. Early voting results will not be released until polls close on Election Day. The results will remain confidential, although voters will be allowed to cast their ballots early until all voting is complete.

Some have now done so asked how private voting works in Texas.

What’s on the ballot in Texas for the 2024 election?

The US presidential battle between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump as well as the hotly contested US Senate race between incumbent Ted Cruz and challenger Colin Allred are highlights of the Texas vote.

Meanwhile, three congressional seats in North Texas will be up for grabs after the Nov. 5 election.

Longtime U.S. Reps. Kay Granger (R-Fort Worth) and Michael Burgess (R-Lewisville) are not seeking re-election.

Republican Rep. Craig Goldman is battling Democrat Trey Hunt in Granger’s 12th Congressional District.

Brandon Gill, who handily won the Republican primary in March, faces Ernest Lineberger III, a Navy veteran who ran unopposed in the Democratic primary, for Burgess’ seat in the 26th Congressional District.

Allred’s seat in the 32nd Congressional District is also open. Democrat Julie Johnson is running against Republican Darrell Day.

In Dallas, voters will decide on 18 proposed changes to the city charter that require voter approval. The statutes describe the structure of local government.

Three of the amendments were added after Dallas HERO, a nonpartisan group, collected more than 169,000 signatures. Council members added three additional amendments aimed at repealing the HERO-backed additions, but the The state Supreme Court sided with the groupwhich said the City Council’s changes would “confuse and mislead voters” if placed on the ballot.

Other elections include seats in the Texas House of Representatives and Senate, as well as on the Railroad Commission, the Texas Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal Appeals and the State Board of Education. Various county judges, district attorneys, sheriffs, district courts, district attorneys, tax collectors, county commissioners, justices of the peace and constables are running.