This election is about us, about our values, and about the kind of nation we want to live in.

We want a government that works for the people, keeping us safe from internal threats like the pandemic, rather than one that says “not our problem”.

We want an economy that works for everyone and not just the already rich and powerful.

We don’t want to just get rid of a “racist in chief”. We want to make a genuine start toward ending racism and injustice.

We don’t want to simply kick out a “misogynist in chief”. We want respect and full equal rights for women, including the right to make their own choices about reproductive health.

We know that getting the deregulating fox out of the environmental henhouse isn’t enough. We need to make immediate and significant progress toward reversing climate change.

We don’t merely want to get rid of a leader who is viewed at best as a clownish buffoon. We want a world where the U.S. is again viewed with respect as a leader on the world stage.

We want to be called on to rise with our better natures, with hope and love, rather than to cower in fear or strike out with anger.

We’re bone tired of chaos and dysfunction. But we don’t want to go back to the “old” normal. We want a new and better normal.

I realize, or at least hope, that all of you will already have voted by the time you read this. But there likely will still be around a third of registered voters in the county who will not have voted. And the evidence suggests that they’re predominantly Democratic. Getting them to the polls can help us have the kind of county we want, and by extension the kind of state, nation, and world we want. Please join us in these last few days, make some extra sacrifices, and together usher in a future we’ll be proud to leave to those who come after us.

Join our Monster GOTV Weekend, October 30 through November 2! We are reaching out to voters all over Collin County. We are running phone and text banks, and organizing lit drops - this is it! Our final, GOTV push.

Go to txdp.cc/events. Select the 'Get out the Vote' filter to find all the text bank, phone-bank, lit drop opportunities for the last days leading up to Election Day.

One of the easier unofficial ways is Texas ballot tracker built by volunteers and maintained by the non-partisan VoteAmerica, a non-profit organization which uses data published by the State of Texas.

To access the official mail-in voting record for Collin County, go to txdp.cc/WhoHasVoted. Scroll down to the “Roster-Early Voting by Mail” and click on the link below. (It could take a while if the site is experiencing high traffic.) This opens a spreadsheet of all voters for whom the election office has received a mail-in ballot to date. Search the spreadsheet for your name to confirm receipt.

A third way to check if your mail-in ballot has been received is to call the Collin County Elections Department at 972-547-1900. You will need to provide your name, city and date of birth to the clerk for them to check receipt of your ballot.

If you haven’t already mailed your ballot back, do it today, or even better, drop it off at the Collin County Elections Department on Election Day at 2010 Redbud Blvd., Suite 102, in McKinney to ensure it’s received in time. 

If you have yet to receive your mail-in ballot: The Texas Democratic Party strongly encourages you to vote in person as soon as possible. If you requested, but have not received, a mail-in ballot, you will have to cast a provisional vote. The provisional vote will be counted once election officials confirm their mail ballot was not also received and counted.

If you have a question or concern about voting, please email our Collin County Democratic Party Voter Protection Team at elections@collindemocrats.org or call the CCDP Office at 972-578-1483.

Date: November 3, Election Night!

Location: From the comfort of your own home

Time: 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.