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Voter Registration

Registering to vote in Texas. Deadlines, eligibility, and the organizations making registration easier.

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BakerRipley Get Out the Vote 2024 Campaign

BakerRipley is hosting voter registration drives, phone banks, and block walks to help Houston neighbors vote in the Nov. 5, 2024 election.

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Request by the County Clerk’s Office for approval of additional funding to sustain and enhance the voter education and outreach program, and to support 33 new Position Control Numbers (PCNs) including direct and indirect costs associated with FY 2026 election operations, including z-time compensation for exempt employees, compliance with Senate Bill 2216, requiring specific early voting election security measures, and other necessary election-related expenses in the total amount of $4,946,642.00.

Harris County Commissioners Court

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Clinics, agencies, nonprofits, funders, and community groups

Health is delivered by many kinds of people and institutions. Start here to see who is providing care, organizing support, funding work, and shaping the system.

Harris County Commissioners Court

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81%

Residents who say government should act to reduce economic inequality

Source: Understanding Houston (UH) + Kinder Institute (Rice University)

2,664,202 registered voters

Registered voters

Source: Harris County Office of County Administration

1,567,610 ballots cast

Ballots cast, 2024 general election

Source: Harris County Office of County Administration

59%

Voter turnout, 2024 general election

Source: Harris County Office of County Administration (official canvass: 1,567,610 of 2,664,202 registered)

17%

Voter turnout, November 2023 local election

Source: Harris County Clerk, as reported by ABC13 Houston

43%

Voter turnout, 2022 general election

Source: Texas Secretary of State, Harris County voter registration figures (1,102,418 of 2,568,463)

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Who works in Voter Registration in Houston

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LULAC Houston

Advances civil rights and educational opportunity for Houston's Latino community through advocacy and scholarship programs.

Gulfgate Riverview / Pine Valley

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Texas House of Representatives

The lower chamber of the Texas Legislature

Eldridge / West Oaks

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Texas Legislature

Eldridge / West Oaks

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BakerRipley

Houston's community anchor — 30+ centers, 500,000 neighbors, and 100 years of showing up.

Gulfton

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Houston Public Media

Houston Public Media is a nonprofit public broadcaster serving Southeast Texas with free local news, educational content, and NPR/PBS programming through TV 8,

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Harris County Commissioners Court

The governing body of Harris County, Texas

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