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In less than a month, voters will arrive at polling locations for early voting to cast their ballots on several positions within the state and federal governments.

After months of candidates campaigning and meeting with voters, the races will come to a head Nov. 3 on Election Day.

This election includes a gubernatorial race, where the governor is chosen, said Janet Mattern, League of Women Voters of Tarrant County president. A gubernatorial election is held two years after the presidential election.

The League of Women Voters assisted students at the TCC Northwest Campus Tuesday with registering to vote and updating their registration for the upcoming 2026 elections.

Three LWV representatives set up in the campus lobby, where they spoke with TCC students about registering to vote, distributed infographics about checking registration and answered questions regarding the registration process.

On Tuesday, August 4, the Tarrant County Commissioners Court will consider a proposals that will significantly reduce the number of early voting and election-day polling locations for the upcoming 2026 midterm election. If these proposals pass, this will be the second time in less than a year that the Court has reduced the number of polling places before an election, and the Court is proposing these reductions less than 90 days before early voting begins.

"There is no place for partisanship in elections administration."

In our letter to the commissioners court, LWVTC addresses the lack of evidence of voting fraud in Tarrant County and questions the need for an election fraud task force.

"We believe that encouraging all eligible voters to participate in our elections and respecting the results should be the intention of all politicians. But unfortunately, that is not the case in Texas."

AUSTIN--The League of Women Voters of Texas president, Grace Chimene, issued the following statement in response to the Texas Secretary of State ordering needless and partisan election reviews of the 2020 election in 4 Texas counties.

At our April Unit meeting City of Fort Worth solid waste management Chris Harper spoke to the League via Zoom about the status of recycling and solid waste reduction in Fort Worth.

The League held its Annual Meeting at Fort Worth Botanic Gardens in May. Thank you to our guest speak, Chris Cobler of Fort Worth Report and to all who attended.

March to the Polls is working on a Voter Participation Drive to increase voter turnout in the runoff elections that are coming up! We have volunteer opportunities that include blockwalking and phone banking.

The League just dropped off over 1200 Voters Guides at 20 locations across Tarrant County.

School funding is a hot button issue at this year's legislative session in Austin. Watch this webinar presented by LWV of Dallas and LWV of Tarrant County to see where you're education dollars are going.

Women in politics have come a long way since the passage of the 19th Amendment. In celebration of Women’s Equality Day and 100 years of women's suffrage, we present interviews with our 2020 Democracy Stars—women selected by their political party for their outstanding service in elected office in Tarrant County.

Celebrating Women's History Month and preparing for May elections

The League turns 103, grants awarded, upcoming spring election season.

Thank you to our members and upcoming opportunities and activities.