Dallas County releases early voting locations, times ahead of July 14 runoff election

Early voting times and locations have been finalized by Dallas County for the July 14 primary runoff election.

County residents can vote early June 29-July 2 from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and July 5-10 from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Polls will be closed July 3-4 in observance of the Fourth of July.

There are five runoff races. On the Democratic ballot are races for U.S. senator, U.S. representative for District 24, railroad commissioner, state representative for District 100 and criminal district judge for Court No. 3. There is no Republican runoff.

On May 11, Gov. Greg Abbott moved the primary runoff date originally scheduled for May 26 to July 14 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Abbott also extended the early voting period for the runoff election from one week to two weeks.

The last day to register to vote for the primary election runoff was June 15. Those interested in applying for an absentee ballot must file an application by July 2.

Richardson residents can vote early at the Civic Center, located at 411 W. Arapaho Road. For a full list of early voting locations, visit this link.

To learn more about the election, visit the Dallas County elections website at www.dallascountyvotes.org.

Liesbeth Powers contributed to this report.