Texas is about to expand early voting. Here's what that means for voters and counties.

[RandySF]

Texans will have a new schedule for early voting in coming years under new legislation that starts the voting period later but slides it right up to Election Day, eliminating the three-day break in between.

Experts say Senate Bill 2753, which lawmakers approved this week, will likely boost turnout, as it includes more time for voting on weekends. The author of the bill, Sen. Bob Hall, a Republican from North Texas, told Votebeat that the change also “simplifies the process” and would reduce the cost of election operations and equipment.

But local election officials said they aren’t so sure of that, and are still determining how it will work and what it could cost counties. The bill doesn’t allocate any funding for counties to implement the changes.

And there’s one notable side effect of taking away the gap after the early-voting period: Partial vote tallies from the early ballots, which are typically released shortly after polls close on Election Day, won’t be available until later, election administrators said.






https://www.votebeat.org/texas/2025/06/06/senate-bill-2753-expands-early-voting-access-weekend/

[BaileyBill]

1. This looks like a nightmare,

especially for smaller counties. It takes more than a few hours to break down a countywide polling location and then set up machines in 20-50 precincts. Bob Hall (a Floridian) is not among the brightest Texas legislators, and that's saying a lot.