Breckenridge Texan

Next Monday, Oct. 6, is the last day to register to vote before the Nov. 4, 2025, election. The election will include a proposed bond to build a new elementary school in Breckenridge, as well as 17 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution.

To register to vote, you can obtain a voter registration application from the Stephens County Tax Assessor/Elections office at the courthouse, 200 W. Walker St. You can also fill out a voter registration application online or request a postage-paid application be mailed to you. Note: If you fill out a voter registration application online using that link, you must print the completed application and send or take it to the county voter registrar’s office. In Stephens County, you can register to vote in the Tax Appraiser-Collector’s office in the courthouse.

To confirm your voter registration status, you can visit the Texas Secretary of State’s Am I Registered? portal, which allows you to look up your voter registration record in the statewide voter registration database.

Texans who have recently changed their name or moved can update their voter registration online through Texas.gov. Click here to update your voter registration information online.

You are eligible to register 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 on the date your voter registration application is submitted, 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.

To read more about the bond proposed by Breckenridge Independent School District, click here to read the official election notice on the Stephens County Elections office website and click here to read the BISD’s bond election webpage.  To read more about the proposed constitutional amendments, click here to see the Texas Secretary of State’s election page and click here to read the Texas League of Women Voters election guide, which includes the arguments for and against each proposed amendment.

Early Voting will be Oct. 20-31, and Election Day will be Tuesday, Nov. 4.