When is the voter registration deadline in Hays County, Texas for the 2026 General Election?

The registration deadline in Hays County, Texas is 2026-10-05 — Texas's statewide dates.

When is the deadline to request a mail ballot in Texas?

Request a mail ballot by: 2026-10-23 — your application must be in by this date.

When must a mail ballot be back in Texas?

Mail ballot must be postmarked by: 2026-11-03 — your completed ballot must be postmarked by this date.

Elections

Hays County — 2026 General Election

Early voting in Hays County, Texas runs 2026-10-19 to 2026-10-30 — Texas's statewide dates (Texas Secretary of State (votetexas.gov), read 2026-09-14).

Request a mail ballot by: 2026-10-23 (Texas Secretary of State (votetexas.gov), read 2026-09-14) — your application must be in by this date.

Mail ballot must be postmarked by: 2026-11-03 (Texas Secretary of State (votetexas.gov), read 2026-09-14) — your completed ballot must be postmarked by this date.

Hays County's County Clerk is Elaine Cardenas, on the state roster read 2026-08-26.

In the 2024 presidential election, 64.4% of Hays County's citizen voting-age population voted — 125,827 of 195,326 (MIT Election Data and Science Lab county presidential returns ÷ Census ACS5-derived citizen voting-age population (B05003), reviewed 2026-07-27).

Texas: no constitutional amendments on this ballot. (Texas Legislative Council, Dates of Interest, read 2026-09-14.)

City of Austin: 10 propositions, A and B (bonds, $260,000,000 and $35,000,000) and C–J (charter amendments). Ordered by the City Council, August 6, 2026. (City of Austin notices of election, read 2026-09-14.)

Hays County votes in Texas's 2026 General Election on 2026-11-03. Rallybase holds 40 federal contests for the state, with 388 filings, read on 2026-08-26. The county's own contests — commissioners, judges, school boards — are not among them, and this page does not claim to be a ballot.

Election day: 2026-11-03
County: Hays County
State: Texas
Register to vote by: 2026-10-05
Request a mail ballot by: 2026-10-23
Early voting opens: 2026-10-19
Early voting ends: 2026-10-30
Mail ballot must be postmarked by: 2026-11-03
Turnout, 2024 presidential: 64.4% of citizen voting-age population
Read on: 2026-08-26

Ballot measures ordered by governments in Hays County

City of Austin — Proposition Abond
City of Austin — Proposition Bbond
City of Austin — Proposition Ccharter amendment
City of Austin — Proposition Dcharter amendment
City of Austin — Proposition Echarter amendment
City of Austin — Proposition Fcharter amendment
City of Austin — Proposition Gcharter amendment
City of Austin — Proposition Hcharter amendment
City of Austin — Proposition Icharter amendment
City of Austin — Proposition Jcharter amendment

County officers on the state roster

Britney RicheyCounty Treasurer
Elaine CardenasCounty Clerk
Gary CutlerSheriff
Jenifer O'KaneTax Assessor-Collector
Ruben BecerraCounty Judge

What you can do from here

Every federal contest in Texas's 2026 General Election
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Questions this page answers

When is early voting in Hays County, Texas for the 2026 General Election?: Early voting in Hays County, Texas runs 2026-10-19 to 2026-10-30 — Texas's statewide dates. Source: Texas Secretary of State (votetexas.gov) · read 2026-09-14
When is the voter registration deadline in Hays County, Texas for the 2026 General Election?: The registration deadline in Hays County, Texas is 2026-10-05 — Texas's statewide dates. Source: Texas Secretary of State (votetexas.gov) · read 2026-08-27
When is the deadline to request a mail ballot in Texas?: Request a mail ballot by: 2026-10-23 — your application must be in by this date. Source: Texas Secretary of State (votetexas.gov) · read 2026-09-14
When must a mail ballot be back in Texas?: Mail ballot must be postmarked by: 2026-11-03 — your completed ballot must be postmarked by this date. Source: Texas Secretary of State (votetexas.gov) · read 2026-09-14
What is on the ballot in Hays County, Texas, in the 2026 General Election?: Texas: no constitutional amendments on this ballot. City of Austin: 10 propositions, A and B (bonds, $260,000,000 and $35,000,000) and C–J (charter amendments). Ordered by the City Council, August 6, 2026. Rallybase holds the federal contests for the state and not the county's own. Source: City of Austin notices of election · read 2026-09-14

What Rallybase does not know here

Measures ordered by governments in Hays County other than those named above — school and special districts among them. Their orders have not been read.
Your polling place. The county assigns it; the lookup above is your state’s own official voter tool.
The county's own contests. Rallybase reads federal filings for this election and has not read Hays County's.

Register to vote by — Texas Secretary of State (votetexas.gov) Request a mail ballot by — Texas Secretary of State (votetexas.gov) Early voting opens — Texas Secretary of State (votetexas.gov) MIT Election Data and Science Lab county presidential returns ÷ Census ACS5-derived citizen voting-age population (B05003) — the turnout figure Texas Legislative Council, Dates of Interest City of Austin notices of election The state's own election information Rallybase — a live, nonpartisan map of your government