Voting Information

Applications for voting by mail should be received no later than the close of business (5:00 p.m.) on Friday, October 23, 2026.

 

Applications should be sent to:

 

Mail:
Stephanie Wurtz, Matagorda County Clerk 
1700 7th Street, Room #202
Bay City, Texas 77414

In Person:  
Elections Administrator
Matagorda County
1700 7th Street, Room #202
Bay City, Texas 77414

 

If an application for ballot by mail is faxed or emailed (or if a federal postcard application is faxed), the applicant must also mail the original application so that the early voting clerk receives the original no later than four days after receiving the emailed or faxed copy.

Ballot language will include the statement "THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE."

Legislation passed in the 2019 Texas Legislative Session requires that school districts include this language, regardless of the bond's impact on the district’s tax rate.

State law requires all bond propositions for any school district to have the phrase “THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE’ on all ballot language for bond propositions. Due to this requirement, all voters will see this statement on the official ballot language, even when there is no tax rate increase for homeowners aged 65 and older who have filed for and received the Over-65 exemption. Their school taxes will not go above the frozen levy amount/ceiling that was established when the Over-65 exemption was granted (unless improvements or additions are made to the residence).