HOOD COUNTY EXPRESS | ELECTION 2026

🗳️ Early Voting Is Open In Hood County Through Oct. 30

📅 October 19th, 2026AD

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GRANBURY — Early voting for the Nov. 3 election opened today and runs through Friday, Oct. 30, at the Hood County Annex 1 meeting room, 1410 W. Pearl St. in Granbury, according to Hood County Elections Administration.

Annex 1 is the county's early voting site. On Election Day, registered Hood County voters may vote at any of 10 vote centers across the county.

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🕗 EARLY VOTING HOURS

📍 Hood County Annex 1, Meeting Room

1410 W. Pearl St., Granbury

🗓️ Monday to Friday, Oct. 19–23: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

🗓️ Saturday, Oct. 24: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

🗓️ Sunday, Oct. 25: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

🗓️ Monday to Friday, Oct. 26–30: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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🇺🇸 ELECTION DAY: TUESDAY, NOV. 3

Polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Hood County uses vote centers, so any registered Hood County voter may vote at any of these locations:

📍 Acton Methodist Church, Youth Building, 3433 Fall Creek Highway, Granbury

📍 Calvary Church, 4800 Glen Rose Highway, Granbury

📍 First Baptist Church, 1851 Weatherford Highway, Granbury

📍 Generations Church, 5718 E. U.S. Highway 377, Granbury

📍 Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 4530 Acton Highway, Granbury

📍 Hood County Annex 1, Meeting Room, 1410 W. Pearl St., Granbury

📍 Lipan Church of Christ, Fellowship Hall, 119 N. Caddo St., Lipan

📍 Pecan Activity Center, 9145 Plantation Drive, Granbury

📍 St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church, 2301 Acton Highway, Granbury

📍 Tolar Community Center, 120 Tolar Cemetery Road, Tolar

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🪪 BRING YOUR PHOTO ID

Texans voting in person must show one of seven acceptable forms of photo ID, according to the Texas Secretary of State's VoteTexas.gov:

✅ Texas driver license

✅ Texas Election Identification Certificate

✅ Texas personal identification card

✅ Texas handgun license

✅ U.S. military ID card with photo

✅ U.S. citizenship certificate with photo

✅ U.S. passport (book or card)

Voters ages 18 to 69 may use an ID that expired no more than four years ago. Voters 70 and older may use an expired ID of any age if it is otherwise valid.

A voter who does not have an approved photo ID and cannot reasonably get one may show a supporting document, such as a voter registration certificate, a current utility bill or a bank statement, and sign a Reasonable Impediment Declaration.

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📬 VOTING BY MAIL

Applications for a ballot by mail must be received, not just postmarked, by Friday, Oct. 23. Mail them to Hood County Elections, Early Voting Clerk, 1410 W. Pearl St., Granbury, TX 76048.

Hood County says voters may vote by mail if they are 65 or older on Election Day, are disabled, will be away from the county during early voting and on Election Day, or are confined in jail but eligible to vote.

Completed mail ballots without a postmark must arrive by 7 p.m. on Election Day. Ballots postmarked by 7 p.m. that day are accepted if they arrive by 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, according to the Secretary of State. Some military and overseas voters have different deadlines.

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📋 WHAT'S ON THE BALLOT

Races on Hood County ballots include:

🇺🇸 U.S. Senate and U.S. House District 25

⭐ Governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and other statewide offices

⚖️ Texas Supreme Court, Court of Criminal Appeals and courts of appeals seats

🏛️ State Senate District 22 and State House District 59, plus a special election for the rest of the current Senate District 22 term

🏢 355th District Court judge, county judge and other county offices

🏙️ Granbury City Council Place 4 (Janet Logsdon, Skip Overdier) and Place 6 (Alex Wolf, unopposed), for city voters

🏫 Tolar ISD and Bluff Dale ISD trustees, for voters in those districts

Races vary by address. Sample ballots for each precinct are posted on the Hood County Elections Administration website.

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ℹ️ QUESTIONS?

📞 Hood County Elections Administration: 817-408-2525

🌐 hoodcounty.texas.gov (Elections Administration)

🌐 VoteTexas.gov

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