For those wishing to cast a ballot in the local, state and national elections on Nov. 6, the deadline to register to vote in time for that election is Oct. 9.
Your application must be received in the voter registrar’s office or postmarked at least 30 days before an election for you to be eligible to vote in that election.
The voter registrar in Montague County is located in the courthouse annex at Montague.
Check your registration status or register at: www.votetexas.gov/register-to-vote.
You are eligible to register to vote if you are:
• A United States citizen.
• A resident of the county where you submit the application.
• You are at least 17 years and 10 months of age or you are 18 on election day.
• You are not a convicted felon (you may be eligible to vote if you have completed your sentence, probation and parole).
• You have not been declared by a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be either totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote.
Visit the Montague County website and click elections for information about registration, early voting at: http://www.co.montague.tx.us/.