DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Early voting is open and North Texans are being encouraged to vote.
A number of organizations held a rally in Downtown Dallas Tuesday, encouraging voters to head to the polls early in the March 6 primary elections. Lorraine Montemayor with the Dallas Chapter of the American Federation of Labor said that votes in North Texas will be critical state wide.
“North Texas is definitely known as the battleground area in Texas,” said Montemayor. “And voters can have a major influence on the state legislature.”
Early voting can be done in person and mail in ballots are being accepted.
According to the Dallas County Elections Department, Texas is an open-primary state. Voters decide every two years whether they will help pick the Democratic of the Republican Parties nominees to run in the November General Election. Whatever primary a voter decides to vote in, they can only vote in that same party’s runoff election, if a runoff is held. You can also vote for either party’s candidate in the general election. Consequently, pursuant to new legislation, all voters must choose which primary election, Democratic or Republican, they wish to vote. A voter may verbally tell the attending poll worker which ballot they would like, or they may indicate by pointing to the sign that corresponds to the party primary they want to vote.
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