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Thursday Is Last Day To Register To Vote In Texas' Local Elections

Three canvassers standing outside a grocery store holding voter registration forms.
Bret Jaspers
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The social justice group Enough is Enough Fort Worth registering people to vote last fall.

Voters in Fort Worth and Arlington will choose new mayors.

A slew of local candidates are running for local, municipal elections and Thursday is the deadline to register to vote.

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  • Print out a form from the and mail it in.
  • Visit your .
  • Try a — they may have paper voter registration forms to mail in.

While the spring election hasn’t received as much attention as last November’s presidential and state Legislative contests, the candidates on the ballot potentially have much more influence on residents’ day-to-day lives.

  • Fort Worth is electing a new mayor and City Council.
  • Every seat on the Dallas City Council is up for grabs.
  • Arlington is picking a new mayor and three city council members.
  • Dozens of smaller cities have their own local races.

The only federal race on the ballot is Texas’ 6th Congressional District, where voters will choose a . He recently died.

Early voting .

Got a tip? Email Bret Jaspers at bjaspers@kera.org. You can follow Bret on Twitter .

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Bret Jaspers is a reporter for ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº. His stories have aired nationally on the BBC, NPR’s newsmagazines, and APM’s Marketplace. He collaborated on the series Cash Flows, which won a 2020 Sigma Delta Chi award for Radio Investigative Reporting. He's a member of Actors' Equity, the professional stage actors union.