Voter registration deadline is April 4

The May 4 election will feature cities, schools, water districts and an emergency services district.

If you plan on casting a vote in the election, you’ll need to register to vote by next week.

The registration deadline for the May 4 election is Thursday, April 4.

All registered voters in Wise County will have something to vote for in May.

“In some May elections, not everybody in Wise County has a ballot because the voter may live in an area that doesn’t have an election, but this particular May, everybody in Wise County is going to have at least one thing on their ballot, because the (Wise County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1) covers almost the entire county,” Wise County Elections Administrator Sabra Srader said.

To find out if you are registered to vote, visit wcmess.com/registered. You can also call the local voter registration office at 940-626-4453.

In Texas, you are eligible to vote if:

• You are a United States citizen;
• You are a resident of the county where you submit the application;
• You are at least 17 years and 10 months old, and you are 18 years of age on Election Day.
• You are not a convicted felon (you may be eligible to vote if you have completed your sentence, probation, and parole); and
• 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.

Early voting in the election will begin April 22.

The last day to apply for a ballot by mail is April 23, and they must be returned by election day.

Mail ballots will be sent out beginning next Wednesday for those who have previously requested one.