This artificial intelligence tool queries The Texas Tribune’s guides to help answer your questions about voting rules in 2024.

For the past three election cycles, Democrats in Kendall County, Texas, have put up billboards encouraging people to vote Democratic. The billboard is a signal that while the county may be overwhelmingly Republican, it’s not entirely Republican.

Thousands of Texans cast ballots on Monday, the first day of early voting, with many saying that immigration, abortion and the economy were driving their votes. Lines snaked outside several polling places across North Texas, including Oak Lawn Branch Library in Dallas and Carpenter Park Recreation Center in Plano.

The latest six polls listed on the Real Clear Politics website show Republican Ted Cruz leading Democrat Collin Allred by an average of 4.5 percentage points.

Democrats came within a whisker of defeating Angie Chen Button and Morgan Meyer in the 2020 election, and they’re back this November hoping to take out the last two Dallas County Republicans in the Texas House.

In November, voters in 10 states — Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New York and South Dakota — will decide whether to enshrine some abortion rights in their state constitutions.

Early voting is now underway in Texas, with a broad range of items on this year’s ballot, including the election of the 47th U.S. President, Texas' U.S. Senator, and local government officials, along with various ballot measures across the state.

Travis County voters will have a chance in the Nov. 5 election to choose the next district attorney to run the office tasked with prosecuting felony crimes.

The Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector’s office, which runs the elections, has a function on its website where you can type in your name or address to search for your registration. Voters can also call the clerk’s office directly at 713-274-8000 and a staffer can check their registration status.

Use this American-Statesman database to look up information about all the candidates running for Central Texas school board races.

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