City Elections

Future Election Dates

The City of Brenham General Elections are held every (4) years, in odd-numbered years, on the first Saturday in May.

Unfortunately, working in the City does not make you eligible to vote in a City election.

In short, you must be a registered voter within the city limits of Brenham.  Simply owning property within the city limits does not qualify you to vote in a City election. To be qualified to vote in a City election, a person must:

1. Be 18 years of age or older on the day of the election;
2. Be a citizen of the United States;
3. Not have been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be:
   1. Totally mentally incapacitated; or
   2. Partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote;
4. Not have been fully convicted of a felony or, if so convicted, must have:
   1. Fully discharged his sentence, including any term of incarceration, parole, or supervision, or completed a period of probation order by any court; or
   2. Been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disability to vote; and
5. Be a registered voter within the city limits of Brenham for more than 30 days prior to the day of the election.

On Election Day, you will need to vote in the Ward in which you live, the polling locations are as follows:

• Ward 1:

Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library
100 Martin Luther King, Jr. Pkwy
Brenham, Texas

• Ward 2:

Washington County Event Center
1305 E. Blue Bell Road
Brenham, Texas

• Ward 3:

Brenham VFW Hall
1200 E. Tom Green Street
Brenham, Texas

• Ward 4:

Blinn Junior College Student Center
1007 Walter Schwartz Way
Brenham, Texas

If you do not know which polling location you should vote at, look at your voter registration card in the block labeled CITY and it will tell you which ward you vote in.  You can also look up your ward on the City’s website (www.cityofbrenham.org).  The hours of voting on Election Day are 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

You must take one of the following forms of identification:

• Texas Driver’s license,
• Texas Election Identification Certificate issued by DPS,
• Texas Personal Identification Card
• Texas Handgun License issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety;
• United States Military Identification Card containing your photograph;
• United States Citizenship Certificate containing your photograph; or
• United States passport

 With the exception of the U.S. citizenship certificate, for ages 18-69, the identification must be current or have expired no more than 4 years before being presented for voter qualification at the polling place. Voters 70 or over, may present an acceptable photo ID that is expired for any length of time.

Other exemptions to the photo voter identification requirement which are subjected to other provisions:

• Voters with consistent religious objection to being photographed
• Voters who do not have any photo identification due to a natural disaster as declared by the President of the United States or the Texas Governor

These voters may cast a provisional ballot at the polls, appear at the voter registrar’s office within six (6) days after election day to sign an affidavit swearing to the religious objection or natural disaster, in order for the voter’s ballot to be counted.

Alternatively, a voter who possess an acceptable form of photo ID but does not have it at the polling place or does not possess an acceptable form of photo ID, and is able to obtain one, may choose to leave the polling place, and return before the polls close with an acceptable form of ID. The voter may also choose to vote provisionally and cure their ballot within six working days after the election. Voter must submit proof of ID at their voter registrar’s office within six (6) days.

You may complete a Reasonable Impediment Declaration form and present one of the following forms of supporting ID:

• Copy or original of a government document that shows the voter’s name and address, including the voter registration certification; or
• Copy of or original current utility bill; or
• Copy of or original bank statement; or
• Copy of or original government check; or
• Copy of or original paycheck; or
• Copy of or original of (a) a certified domestic (from a U. S. State or territory) birth certificate or (b) document confirming birth admissible in a court of law which establishes your identity (which may also include a foreign birth).

Provisional voting is designed to allow a voter whose name does not appear on the list of registered voter or has not brought a valid photo ID to the poll to cast a ballot. If a voter is voting provisional, they will have up to six (6) says to present a valid ID to the voter registrar at 100 E. Main Street, Suite 105, Brenham, TX to cure their ballot for counting. Provisional voters will receive written notice by the tenth (10th) day after the local canvas advising them if their provisional ballot was counted. If it was not counted, the notice will indicate the reason why.

Military and overseas voters should use the Federal Postcard Application found on the Federal Voting Assistance Program website at https://fvap.gov/texas

Please visit the Texas Secretary of State's website at https://www.votetexas.gov to ensure that you are fully informed on the services available to you. 

Information regarding student voters is available on the Secretary of State's website at http://www.votetexas.gov

In Texas, a convicted felon regains the right to vote after completing his or her sentence. Therefore, once you have completed the punishment phase (including any term of incarceration, parole, or supervision, or completed a period of probation ordered by the court), you would be eligible to register and vote in the State of Texas.