Elections

Harris County will operate 589 Election Day polling locations for the 2026 midterms, down from 782 in 2022, according to an ABC News analysis reported by ABC13. The Atascocita ZIP code 77346 goes from 13 sites to 10.

Houston voters will decide Proposition A in November, a measure that would formally prohibit no-knock search warrants by the Houston Police Department and make marijuana enforcement the department’s lowest priority, ABC13 Houston reported. A no-knock raid on a Kingwood home in August is part of the debate.

Early voting in Harris County runs October 19 through October 30 and Election Day is November 3. The deadline to apply for a mail ballot is October 23. The voter registration deadline has already passed, and county election officials explained what happens to voters whose records are flagged.

The Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector and Voter Registrar says a team of more than 50 people finished processing all 75,000 voter registration records caught in a state level backlog, with the work complete by October 3.

The Harris County Clerk’s office is launching a Harris Votes mobile app on October 1 for iPhone and Android, in English, Spanish, Vietnamese and Chinese. It carries voting center locations, personalized sample ballots, registration status and live results.

Community Impact has published a question and answer profile of the two candidates for Harris County Clerk ahead of the November 3 election, incumbent Teneshia Hudspeth and challenger Mike Wolfe.