The 2026 Democratic Primary Ballot Draw
will be held Thursday December 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
What’s a Ballot Draw and why do all 254 Texas Counties have to have one?
Ballot Draw is the process of having all the names for each candidate for each office on the ballot put into a hat. Then one at a time names are drawn to determine the order of the names as they will appear on the ballot. The idea is to make sure that no one can complain that any name was always at the top. Or bottom. Recall that on the 2020 Presidential ballot in Wise County, Joe Bidens name was the last on the list.
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2026Primary Candidate Filing Update
And Other News
Texas Democrats have officially filed candidates in every State House, State Senate, U.S. Congressional, Statewide Judicial, and State Board of Education race for the 2026 election cycle. This marks the first time in modern Texas history that either party has filled the entire slate.
For a complete list of Democratic Candidates that have filed for state & national seats, click here.
For the first time in nearly sixty years, the Texas Legislature created a new appellate court. In 2023, the Legislature passed S.B. 1045 creating the new Court of Appeals for the Fifteenth District, which covers all counties in Texas.
Gov. Greg Abbott, of course, got to appoint all three Justices to the 15th. Also, unlike the other 14 Appeals Courts in the state, which each have a defined district, the 15th is statewide and has jurisdiction over all cases pending in the other 14 courts of appeals filed after September 1, 2023.
The good news is there are Democratic candidates running for all three Republican held justice positions!
District Court Justices are elected by voters only in that district. Justices in the 15th will be elected statewide.
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As always our 2nd Tuesday meetings are free and open to the public. We start at 6PM with conversations & Serious Snacks. Then at 6:30 our presentation.
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FACTS ABOUT VOTER REGISTRATION IN TEXAS
Texas Makes it extremely difficult to register to vote so it is critical to check that you are still registered. Gov. Greg Abbott claims to have purged over One Million Voters based on often inaccurate or outdated information.
Since Governor Abbott signed Senate Bill 1 into law in 2021, Texas has removed over 1 million people from the voter rolls.
Check here to find if you are still registered: https://teamrv-mvp.sos.texas.gov/MVP/mvp.do
You CANNOT register to vote online in Texas, you can only complete a mail-in application to receive a voter application which must be filled out and returned to your County Elections Administration office or a Wise County VOLUNTEER DEPUITY REGISTRAR.
If you have NOT VOTED in the last two elections you can be dropped from voter rolls. Check here.
If you have changed your name, address or county of residence you need to update your VR certificate information.
