Early voting period set Oct. 21-Nov. 1 in Kerr County
Kerr County voters who would like to take advantage of the flexibility of early, in-person voting in the General Election will soon get to do so. Early balloting will start on Monday, Oct. 21, and run through Friday, Nov. 1.
Early voting
Registered voters will have a two-week period of early, in-person voting during which they may choose to go and cast their ballots at either of two polling locations in Kerr County.
Early polling will be available at the Hill Country Youth Event Center, 3785 TX27 in Kerrville, and at the West Kerr County Courthouse Annex, 510 College Street in Ingram. If planning to go to the event center, please note that there will be special parking directions. (Those will be detailed and a map will be viewable also in the News section of this site.)
Voters will be able to cast their ballots at either location during the following times and dates:
8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday through Friday, Oct. 21-25
7 a.m. to 7 p.m., on Saturday, Oct. 26
Noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 27
7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday through Friday, Oct. 28-Nov. 1
Ballot by mail
Those applying for a ballot by mail must make sure the county elections office has received (not postmarked) their request by the end of the day on Friday, Oct. 25.
To be eligible to vote by mail in Texas, a voter must be 65 years or older; sick/disabled; out of the county on election day and during the period for early voting; expecting to give birth within 3 weeks before or after election day, or be confined in jail (but otherwise eligible to vote.
General Election
The General Election is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 5, and polling countywide will be conducted from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
American voters are being asked to choose their next U.S. President, as well as to seat many other federal, state and local offices.
For sample ballots by precinct, visit the Kerr County Elections Office web page HERE.
Also found on that page is information on where Kerr County residents are supposed to vote on election day. Voters can locate which precinct they are in on their voter registration card.
There are a total of 20 polling precinct locations in the county, including four new sites:
Guadalupe Basin Natural Resources Center (GBNRC) in Classroom #100, 126 Lehmann Drive in Kerrville for Precinct 118;
Center Point Volunteer Fire Department, 548 Kelley Street in Center Point, for Precinct 120;
First Baptist Church, 625 Washington Street in Kerrville, for Precinct 314;
Cross Kingdom Church, 3044 Junction Highway in Kerrville, for Precinct 416.
Presiding as the local elections administrator is Kerr County Clerk Nadene Alford. For more information about early or election day voting, call 830-792-2251.