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Name: Abram
Location: Austin, Texas, United States

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Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Travis County Early Voting Locations

I just voted in the Democratic primary at the Randall's near my house. Today isn't election day; we're in the generous early voting period that Texas offers. One of the benefits of early voting are that you can do vote at any of the early voting locations, and there probably aren't going to be any lines. All you need to vote is "a voter registration card, driver’s license or any official photo ID, birth certificate, United States citizenship papers or passport, a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement or other official document that shows the name and address of the voter". It took me 10 minutes, but most of that time was spent chatting with the election workers. (They were extremely nice!)

The Travis County Clerk has a list of early voting locations:

The following locations are available:

Monday - Saturday, 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Sunday, Noon to 6:00 PM

Central

  • Randalls 35th Street
    1500 West 35th Street
  • Fiesta Mart
    3909 North IH35 @ Delwood
  • University of Texas
    Flawn Academic Center lobby, West Mall
  • Travis County Airport Boulevard Offices
    5501 Airport Boulevard
  • Travis County Courthouse
    1000 Guadalupe Street, 1st floor

East

  • HEB East 7th and Pleasant Valley
    2701 East 7th Street @ Pleasant Valley (temp. bldg. in parking lot)
  • Albertson's Riverside and Pleasant Valley
    1819 South Pleasant Valley Road @ Riverside (temp. bldg. in parking lot)

North

  • HEB at Parmer and I35
    500 Canyon Ridge Drive (temp. bldg. in parking lot)
  • Albertson's North Lamar and Braker
    11331 North Lamar Boulevard @ Braker (temp. bldg. in parking lot)
  • Randalls Research and Braker
    10900-D Research Boulevard @ Braker

Northeast

  • Northeast Health Center at the Springdale Shopping Center
    7112 Ed Bluestein Boulevard, Suite 155
  • County Tax Office Pflugerville
    15822 Foothill Farms Loop, just off Pecan Street, Pflugerville

Northwest

  • HEB Four Points 620 and 2222
    7301 FM 620 North @ RR 2222 (temp. bldg. in parking lot)

South

  • Randalls Ben White and Manchaca
    2025 West Ben White Boulevard @ Manchaca
  • HEB South Congress and Oltorf
    2400 South Congress Avenue @ Oltorf (temp. bldg. in parking lot)
  • Albertsons Stassney
    5510 South IH35 @ Stassney

Southwest

  • Randalls South Mopac and William Cannon
    6600 South Mopac Expressway @ William Cannon
  • Randalls Brodie and Slaughter
    9911 Brodie Lane @ Slaughter

West

  • Randalls Lakeway
    2303 RR 620 South
  • Randalls on Bee Caves Road
    3300 Bee Caves Road

The following locations are available:

Monday - Saturday, 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Sunday, Noon to 6:00 PM

Central

  • Northcross Mall
    2525 West Anderson Lane, across from Veranda
  • Highland Mall
    6001 Airport Boulevard, lower level by JCPenney


Early voting runs through Friday, March 3. You can vote in either the Republican primary or the Democratic primary.

Oh also, there's apparently some sort of "gathering" on election day in each precinct for each party. And you can only gain entrance to these exclusive "gatherings" if you vote in that party's primary. I got a nifty little card signed by the election worker to indicate that I did so. I don't remember this from the last primary I voted in, but I think it's a great idea. That way committed Democrats can socialize and network. I just might check this thing out...

4 Comments:

Anonymous Kyle said...

Can you do some research about absentee ballots (for primaries and otherwise) because Sara might want to try that since she's recovering from the Cesarean.

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 11:20:00 PM  
Anonymous eliz. s. said...

This post is included in Austinist's best of the local blogs for this week.

Friday, February 24, 2006 11:39:00 AM  
Blogger Abram said...

Thanks eliz. s.!

Saturday, February 25, 2006 6:05:00 PM  
Blogger god squad said...

Any ideas wher to vote if you are Travis County but in the Lago Vista Area? We're north of Lake Travis but still part of Travis County...

Sunday, October 26, 2008 8:58:00 AM  

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