Brazoria County's May 9 election—and all those in the future—will utilize Vote Centers, allowing residents to vote at any polling location in the county.
Also known as the Countywide Polling Place Program, Vote Centers will aid those who may be a significant distance from their registration address because of work, officials said.
The Texas Secretary of State's office grants participation in the program based on four guidelines that Brazoria County successfully completed. Along with approval by Commissioners Court, selected counties must have electronic voting machines—which Brazoria County has used since 2006—and software that can verify a resident has not already voted.
Public hearings are also required for inclusion in the program, and Brazoria County held six in different areas of the county.
The 29 polling locations used for elections other than November general elections since 2007 will be used for Vote Centers. Those locations, however, do not include Jones Creek, West Columbia and Columbia Lakes, which canceled May elections this year.
Registered Brazoria County voters can vote at any of the following locations on May 9:
Alvin Alvin Library, 105 S. Gordon
Alvin Ryan Center, 2925 S. Bypass 35
Alvin/Hillcrest Hillcrest Village Municipal Building, 200 W. Timberlane
Angleton East Annex (Former Walmart), 1524 E. Mulberry
Angleton West Annex, 451 N. Velasco
Bonney Bonney Annex Building, 19025 FM 521
Brazoria Brazoria Library, 620 S. Brooks
Brazoria Mims Community Center, 4283 FM 521
Clute Clute City Hall, 108 E. Main
Danbury Danbury Community Center, 6115 5th St.
Freeport Freeport Library, 410 Brazosport Blvd.
Holiday Lakes Holiday Lakes City Hall, 195 N. Texas Ave.
Lake Jackson Lake Jackson Civic Center, 333 Hwy 332 East
Liverpool Liverpool City Hall, 8901 CR 171
Manvel Courthouse North Annex, 7313 Corporate Drive
Oyster Creek Oyster Creek City Hall, 3210 FM 523
Pearland Drainage District No. 4 Building, 4813 W. Broadway
Pearland Fellowship Bible Church, 1720 E. Broadway
Pearland Pearland Library, 3522 Liberty Drive
Pearland Pearland Westside Library, 2803 Business Center Drive, Ste. 101
Pearland Silverlake Recreation Center, 2715 Southwyck Parkway
Pearland Turner High School, 4717 Bailey Road
Pearland Westside Event Center, 2150 Countryplace Parkway
Richwood Richwood City Hall, 1800 N. Brazosport Blvd.
Surfside Beach Surfside Beach City Hall, 1304 Monument Drive
Sweeny Sweeny Community Center, 205 W. Ashley Wilson Road