Your vote should count on every Election Day
anywhere in Denton County, TX

All voters deserve access to voting throughout each election. But now,

1,000-7,000 registered voters are turned away on every Election Day.

Let's change that!
Sign the petition. Share the petition. Speak to the commissioners.

Here’s the problem:

During Early Voting, you can vote at any polling place in the county: near your home, work, school, shopping -- anywhere.
But on Election Day, you can vote only at one assigned location based on your home address.
If you show up at the wrong location, you’ll be sent somewhere else — sometimes miles away — or given a provisional ballot that won’t count.
Polling locations can change from one election to the next, and even between Early Voting and Election Day — with no notice to voters.

As a result, 10–15% of Election Day voters are turned away from the first place they try to vote. County rules require poll workers to redirect them, even if they can’t reach the "right" location before polls close.

This doesn’t happen in 99 other Texas counties where 85% of Texans live, where voters can cast their ballot anywhere on Election Day — just like during Early Voting.

We can fix this.
Tell the Denton County Commissioners to adopt Vote Centers so all registered voters can vote at any polling place in the county on Election Day, just like during early voting

Learn more on our FAQ page.

County law forced this judge to turn away 1/4 of the voters at his Election Day location

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Reason No. 6: Scare stories about long lines with Vote Centers are FAKE NEWS

While thousands of voters are turned away from polling places every Election Day, the Denton Co. GOP makes nonsense claims like this to block change: Countywide voting would lead to long lines at polling places. They ignore that our current assigned-precinct voting system has long lines on Election Days in some locations. And at least with Vote Centers if lines were long at one location, you could go directly to another where your vote would count.

Current and former Denton Co. Election Workers: We need your help to push for countywide Election Day voting!

Current and former Election Workers: add your name to the list of Election Workers supporting Vote Centers by joining Election Workers for Vote Centers. You decide how much you want to be involved. That can range from adding your name to the list of election workers supporting countywide Election Day voting to sharing your story about redirecting voters on Election Day on social media to speaking in person for Vote Centers at a County Commission meeting.

Your vote should count on every Election Day anywhere in Denton County, TX

Let's change that! Sign the petition. Share the petition. Speak to the commissioners.

County law forced this judge to turn away 1/4 of the voters at his Election Day location

Reason No. 6: Scare stories about long lines with Vote Centers are FAKE NEWS

Current and former Denton Co. Election Workers: We need your help to push for countywide Election Day voting!

Your vote should count on every Election Day
anywhere in Denton County, TX

Let's change that!
Sign the petition. Share the petition. Speak to the commissioners.