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2025
ISSUES
Photo credit Steve Gustafson, March 4, 2012
Rural Life not Suburban Sprawl
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Invest in rural & municipal water systems
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Invest in municipal and county law enforcement
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Repair & restore VZC Courthouse
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Local land-use control
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Protect county-wide aquifers and wells
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Expand & improve internet access
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Funding for our public schools (No to Vouchers!)
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Access to health care: keep Medicare funded, expand Medicaid, lower prescription drug prices, and keep hospitals open
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Good paying jobs, affordable housing
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Fix the grid!
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Funding for Social Security (raise the cap for incomes over $400K)
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Infrastructure: roads and bridges
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Preserve, expand ag-friendly business: farming, ranching, local
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Appraisal values, property taxes, and insurance rates - they're all related (30 years of GOP policies), insanely high, and forcing us out of our homes and off our land
No to the GOP/MAGA's Project 2025:
Authoritarian and un-American - is anyone surprised over Trump's agenda?
No woman should be refused emergency care for an ectopic pregnancy or a septic miscarriage.
VDVR
If you are a Volunteer Deputy Voter Registrar (VDVR) or would like to become one, you will need to re-certify in 2025/2026. Tx Democrats DVR & Voter Registration
Click for more information about becoming a DVR.
Travis County provides on-line training and test to become a DVR
LTEs Printed in Van Zandt News
EVENTS
Use the Subscribe for Updates form to contact the VZC Democrats. Please include your name, phone number, email, and best time to contact you.
Vote By Mail in 2025
Eligible voters wanting to vote by mail in 2025 must reapply after January 1, 2025.
See our Vote Kiosk Vote By Mail for more information.
From the Texas Rural Democrats-
"A celebration of William E. “Bill” Brannon’s lifetime of service to the Democratic Party will be held at the Sulphur Springs Country Club, 511 Country Club Road, on Saturday, May 31, 2025, at 2 p.m. Many stories will be told by those who knew Bill well. A co-founder of the Rural Caucus, Bill served as Executive Director of the Texas Democratic Party and was Senior Advisor to the Chair for over a decade until his death last December."
The Non-Urban Rural Outreach Caucus has changed their name to the Texas Rural Democrats.
Monthly Meeting - June 5th @ 4 PM.
Thursday, June 5 - Join us at the VZC Library Event Room in Canton. - Meeting at 4 PM.
Monthly Meeting, 1st Thursday @ 4 PM:
June 5, 2025 - VZC Library Event Room
July 3, 2025
ELECTION DATES
2025 Election Dates
Jan 1, 2025
First day to apply for annual Vote By Mail ballots (includes Primary, Runoff, May, & Nov. General Elections).
Oct 6, 2025
Voter Registration Deadline for Uniform Election
VZ County Clerk
League of Women Voters® of Texas
Oct 20, 2025
First Day of Early Voting
Early Voting Hours - See VZ County Clerk
Oct 24, 2025
Vote-by-Mail Applications must
be RECEIVED by the County Clerk's Early Vote Office
Oct 31, 2025
Last Day of Early Voting
Nov 4, 2025
Uniform Election Day
Last day (see rules) for ballot by mail.
Uniform Election Day
Nov 4, 2025 - See VZ County Clerk
DONATE
Protect your personal and credit card information
Before you donate on-line or via your cellphone, verify the website. Most Democratic Party candidates and organizations use ActBlue. Double-check to ensure the donation link asking for credit card information begins with:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate
VZC Democrats ActBlue Link:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/van-zandt-county-democratic-party--tx--1
There have been reports of a malware pop-up redirecting a valid QR code link to a fraudulent site. Candidate/organization QR scans normally go to their website, FB page, or to their ActBlue link.
What is ActBlue?
CHECK YOUR PRECINCT
In 2021, the County Commissioner and Voting Precinct boundaries were redrawn due to the redistricting process.
To verify your precinct information, check the Prec. No. on your voter registration card or bring up your voter registration information from the Texas SoS site.
Click on this Link: Redistricting Map
Check Precinct in the Legend Box
Select Van Zandt County
Select you Prec. No
Expand the map to verify your location.
VOTE KIOSK
REGISTER TO VOTE
Are you registered to vote? Or need to update your voting address?
Register to Vote in 3 Easy Steps
For name changes or address changes, update your voter registration on-line.
Fast, New, & Easy!
Voter registration cards usually arrive in about 30 days.
STUDENT VOTERS
Are you a Texas student voter, living away from home?
You can vote! Choose either A, B, or C - they all require a bit of advance planning.
VOTE BY MAIL
Are you eligible to request an Application for Ballot By Mail (ABBM)?
Stay Safe and Vote By Mail (VBM) -
How to Request to VBM
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Request an ABBM
ABBM aka Form 6-1f
Order on-line from the Texas SoS
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Download from the Texas SoS
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Fill-out & sign your VBM application.
*** A TX DL or other TX ID number or the last 4 digits of your Social Security # is required.
PROVIDE BOTH to avoid delays. ****
Keep a copy or photo of your signed application.
When Your VBM Ballot Arrives
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Mail-in your carrier envelope/ballot as soon as possible. Allow at least 5 days for delivery.
FPCA Voters
Service members, their families, and overseas citizens may request an absentee ballot using a Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) through the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP).
Make Sure Your Vote Counts - Avoid These Common Errors
Missing TX ID# or Social Security #
Before you SEAL the carrier envelope, verify that it includes a TX ID # or the last four digits of your SS#.
No signature on carrier envelope. Before you drop your carrier envelope in the mail, double-check to verify that it is signed.
TX ID # or Social Security # does not match application.
Verify that the ID number on the carrier envelope matches your application.
Ballot received too late.
With a few exceptions, ballots must be RECEIVED (not postmarked) at the VZ County Clerk's Office by the day after election day.
Signature on carrier envelope does not match application.
For households with more than 1 person voting by mail - before you sign, verify that the printed name on the carrier envelope is your name.
Do not sign the carrier envelope for other members of your household.
Carrier envelope contains more than 1 ballot.
A carrier envelope can contain only 1 ballot. Do not bundle ballots together.
Are you concerned about using the USPS to return Your VBM ballot?
If you are concerned that there will not be enough time (allow AT LEAST 5 days) to mail-in your VBM ballot for the election, you may drop-off your ballot (see instructions) at the County Clerk's Election Office. You will need a valid ID, and you may only drop-off your own ballot.
