{"id":277791,"date":"2026-09-28T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-texas-secretary-of-state-reminds-voters-october-5-deadline-to-register-to-vote-in-november-general-election\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T08:30:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:30:06","slug":"english-texas-secretary-of-state-reminds-voters-october-5-deadline-to-register-to-vote-in-november-general-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/english-texas-secretary-of-state-reminds-voters-october-5-deadline-to-register-to-vote-in-november-general-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Secretary of State Reminds Voters: October 5 Deadline to Register to Vote in November General Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"xn-newslines\">\n<h1 class=\"xn-hedline\">Texas Secretary of State Reminds Voters: October 5 Deadline to Register to Vote in November General Election<\/h1>\n<p class=\"xn-distributor\">PR Newswire<\/p>\n<p class=\"xn-dateline\">AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 28, 2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\">AUSTIN, Texas<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">Sept. 28, 2026<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Texas Secretary of State Robert S. Howden today reminded eligible Texans that the deadline to register to vote in the November 3 General Election is Monday, October 5, 2026.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder1\">\n<p title=\"Texas Secretary of State Robert Howden reminds Texans of the upcoming registration deadline. Carlos Ealy from the Secretary of State's office shares the same message in Spanish.\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"PlayMedia_1\" src=\"https:\/\/mmx.prnewswire.com\/media\/MS1996935\/OFFICE-OF-THE-TEXAS-SECRETARY-OF-STATE-VNR-Speakers.mp4?id=OA2972397\" width=\"560\" height=\"325\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"\/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Election officials say registering to vote, or confirming an existing registration, is the first step toward a smooth voting experience this fall.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The deadline to register to vote in the November general election is October 5,&#8221; Secretary Howden said. &#8220;If you are qualified to vote but have not yet registered, or if you have moved or since you last voted, now is the time to act.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To register to vote, you must be at least 18 years old by Election Day, a U.S. Citizen, and a resident in your county of registration.<\/p>\n<p>Texans can find a registration application, check their current registration status, or update their information at VoteTexas.gov.<\/p>\n<p>When mailing in your voter registration application, it must be postmarked on or before the registration deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Voters can ensure that a postmark is applied to their voter registration application, and that the date on the postmark matches the date of mailing, by visiting a USPS retail location and\u00a0requesting a manual postmark at the retail counter when presenting their voter registration application.<\/p>\n<p>Early voting for the November General Election runs October 19 through October 30, with Election Day on November 3.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about voter registration, key election deadlines, or the upcoming general election, Texans are encouraged to visit VoteTexas.gov or call 1-800-252-VOTE for official assistance.<\/p>\n<p><b>Media Contact: <\/b>For media inquiries or access to video assets, please contact Alicia Phillips Pierce, Assistant Secretary of State for Communications, at <a href=\"mailto:APierce@sos.texas.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">APierce@sos.texas.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder2\">\n<p>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mmx.prnewswire.com\/media\/MS1996658\/OFFICE-OF-THE-TEXAS-SECRETARY-OF-STATE-Secretary_Robert_S_Howden.jpg?id=OA2972396\" title=\"Texas Secretary of State Robert S. 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Howden today reminded eligible Texans that the deadline to register to vote in the November 3 General Election is Monday, October 5, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>                Election officials say registering to vote, or confirming an&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":277792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interes-humano"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277791"}],"version-history":[{"count":"1","href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277794,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277791\/revisions\/277794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}