Early Voting Sites For Cedar Park, Leander

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS — Against a backdrop of record-breaking voter registration levels in a time of political divisiveness and entrenched partisanship, the first votes to be cast for the upcoming Nov. 6 elections will be cast on Monday, Oct. 22, 2018.

Throughout the political spectrum, this year's elections are sure to be truly consequential. Some voters are hoping for a blue wave to ensure better checks and balances against ironclad Republican control of both chambers of Congress, and a referendum against Donald Trump. More conservative-minded voters like things just the way they are, viewing the Trump era as the game-changer for which they had long yearned.

Regardless of political stripes, voters are energized.

Aside from races with national implications, there are several elections impacting cities and counties. There are several sites at which to vote in Cedar Park and Leander, including:

• Cedar Park Public Library, 550 Discovery Blvd., Cedar Park
• Cedar Park Randalls, 1400 Cypress Creek Rd., Cedar Park
• Leander Public Library, 1011 South Bagdad Rd., Leander

Click here for ELECTION DAY Vote Center locations

Click here for PDF of EARLY VOTING locations

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Dates and Times for Full-Time Locations are:

• Monday, Oct. 22 through Friday, Nov. 2 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Sunday, Oct, 28, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

There also are a number of mobile voting locations throughout the area. These will be open from Monday, Oct. 22 through Friday, Nov. 2 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 28, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. For a list of those mobile sites, click here.

For a list of acceptable forms of identification required to vote in Texas, click here. Bear in mind that Texas was recently forced by courts to ease up on what was viewed as arguably the most draconian set of Voter ID requirements in the nation. As a result of those court decisions, voters not possessing or who cannot reasonably obtain one of the acceptable forms of identification can fill out a declaration at the polls describing a reasonable impediment to obtaining it and then simply show a copy or original of one of the following supporting forms of ID:

• A government document that shows your name and an address, including your voter registration certificate.
• Current utility bill.
• Bank statement.
• Government check.
• Paycheck.
• A certified domestic (from a U.S. state or territory) birthcertificate or (b) a document confirming birth admissible in a court of law which establishes your identity (which may include a foreign birth document).

For more voting information, click here. Early voting periods vary by state. Those outside of Texas can check their state's schedule at Vote.org.

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