Attention, Procrastinators! Last Chance to Register to Vote & Stick It to the Man

Update: More events added for Williamson County, plus details on an Austin event serving 21 counties. Yeah, we’re that thorough.

Listen up, folks! If you want to cast your ballot in the upcoming presidential election and make sure your voice is heard, you’ve gotta register by Monday. No excuses!

So, pull up your socks and get registered already. Don’t be that person who misses out on their civic duty because they were too busy binging Netflix.

And if you’re still dragging your feet, here’s a pro tip: Hand-deliver your registration application. The USPS has been a bit wonky lately (thanks, Trump administration!), so don’t risk it. In Travis County, our heroic volunteer deputy registrars will be stationed at over two dozen locations on Monday to help you out.

Travis County Voter Registrar Bruce Elfant put it bluntly, “If you’re going to register at the last minute, give it to a (volunteer deputy registrar), don’t mail it in. I wouldn’t mail it in within two or three days of the deadline.”

He added, “Every big cycle, we have 1,500 or 2,000 people who probably mailed it before midnight” on deadline day but didn’t get the postmark. “It just makes me ill.”

Elfant’s hands are tied on this—the law is the law. But his office is making it easier by setting up shop at these locations on Monday:

8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at the following Travis County Tax Office locations:

• Main location: 2433 Ridgepoint Dr.
• Pflugerville: 15822 Foothill Farms Loop
• Southeast Austin: 4011 McKinney Falls Pkwy.
• Southwest Austin: 8656 Texas 71, Building B
• Northwest Austin: 8110 RM 620 North

8 a.m. Monday to midnight:

Travis County government office, 5501 Airport Blvd. (Note: Volunteer deputy registrars with the League of Women Voters will be able to register folks living in a whole bunch of counties.)

Noon to 8 p.m. Monday at the following Austin-area Thundercloud Subs locations:

• 2521 Rutland Drive, No. 100 (near the Domain)
• 1807 W. Slaughter Lane, No. 500
• 2308 Lake Austin Blvd.
• 2021 E. Riverside Drive, Suite A
• 3200 Guadalupe St., Suite B
• 1700 Grand Ave Pkwy, No. 200, Pflugerville
• 12400 Texas 71, No. 703, Bee Cave
• 2801 S. Lamar Blvd.
• 903 W. 12th St.
• 201 E. Riverside Drive (near Congress Avenue)
• 2500 W. Parmer Lane, No. 160
• 7930 Burnet Road, No. 11
• 6105 U.S. 290 East
• 5401 Burnet Road
• 13776 U.S. 183, No. 152
• 3601 W William Cannon Drive, No. 300
• 3201 Bee Cave Road, No. 171
• 6920 RM 620 North

4 p.m. Monday to midnight:

• Radio Coffee & Beer, 4204 Menchaca Road
• Radio Coffee East, 3504 Montopolis Dr.
• The Front Page, 1023 Springdale Road, Building 1

Williamson County Woke Warriors Unite!

The League of Women Voters of Williamson County is kicking ass with a ton of voter registration events:

Saturday events:

• 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the HBCU Fair and BSU Conference at Cedar Ridge High School, 2801 Gattis School Rd, Round Rock
• Noon to 3 p.m. at the Georgetown Public Library, 402 W 8th St, Georgetown
• 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Temple College Workforce Preview Day, 516 N Main St., Taylor
• 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Half Price Books, 13492 U.S. 183, Austin
• 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Half Price Books, 1335 E Whitestone Blvd., Cedar Park

Monday events:

• 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Central Texas Beauty College, 1400 N Mays St., Round Rock
• Noon to 3 p.m. Leander Public Library, 1011 S Bagdad Road, Leander
• 4 to 8 p.m. Georgetown Public Library, 402 W 8th St., Georgetown
• 5 to 8:30 p.m. Round Rock Public Library, 200 E Liberty Ave., Round Rock
• 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Williamson County Elections Office, 301 SE Inner Loop, Unit 104, Georgetown

Voice Matters

Thundercloud Subs co-owner Mike Haggerty knows what’s up: “It’s a one-minute process: You show your ID, it’s super fast to have it happen,” he said. “Making it easier probably gives people the motivation to get it done and be part of the process.”

So, get off your butt, register, and make sure your voice is heard. Every vote counts, especially against you-know-who.

*mic drop*