Show Up for Texas

Get out and vote. In Hopkins County and across Texas, the people who show up decide who holds office, how courts are staffed, and what direction local and statewide government takes. Sitting this one out is how other people’s priorities become the ones that stick.

Texas does not have a straight-ticket option. Every race on the ballot has to be marked separately. That is by design: it forces you to own each choice instead of handing the whole ticket to a party label. Bring a printed list if you need one. Phones are not allowed in the booth.

How to vote in Hopkins County

Early voting: Monday, October 19 through Friday, October 30, 2026
One location: The ROC — Recreation & Opportunity Center, 115 Putman Street, Sulphur Springs, TX 75482.

Any registered Hopkins County voter can vote at The ROC during early voting.

Election Day: Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Twelve countywide vote centers. You may use any of them:

1. Lutheran Church — 1000 Texas Street, Sulphur Springs (Front Foyer)
2. H.W. Grays Building — 413 Beckham Street, Sulphur Springs
3. Hopkins County Courthouse — 118 Church Street, Sulphur Springs (1st Floor Courtroom)
4. Paris Junior College – Sulphur Springs Campus — 1137 Loop 301, Room 101A
5. Hopkins County Regional Civic Center — 1200 Houston Street (West Hall)
6. League Street Church of Christ — 1100 South League Street (Front Foyer)
7. Saltillo ISD — 150 CR 3534, Saltillo (AG Lab)
8. Cumby Municipal Building — 100 E. Main Street, Cumby
9. Sulphur Bluff ISD — 1027 CR 3550, Sulphur Bluff (Gym Foyer)
10. Como-Pickton CISD — 13017 FM Hwy 11 E., Como (Ag Room)
11. Miller Grove ISD — 7819 FM 275 South, Cumby (Gym Foyer)
12. North Hopkins ISD — 1994 FM 71 W., Sulphur Springs (Administration Building)

If you are in line at 7:00 PM, you stay in line and you vote.

Deadlines already on the calendar

• October 5 — voter registration deadline
• October 27 — Ballot by Mail application deadline
• November 3 — Election Day

Bring an acceptable photo ID. Accessible equipment and curbside voting are available for those who need them. Questions: Hopkins County Elections Office, 119 College Street, Sulphur Springs, 903-438-3037.

Why showing up matters for Texas values

Texas political culture has long treated self-government as a duty, not a slogan: property, family, work, local control, and limits on what Austin or Washington can impose without consent. Those ideas only survive if people who hold them actually cast ballots. Low turnout does not freeze the status quo. It hands the field to whoever is organized enough to fill the vacuum.

Courts, county offices, the legislature, and statewide executive races all shape how law is applied here—land use, schools, criminal justice, energy, and the everyday rules that either leave families and businesses alone or do not. A guide that lists candidates is one input. Your judgment is the one that counts. Read the races. Decide. Mark every contest.

The machinery is already set: one early-voting site with long hours, twelve Election Day centers, no excuse required to use any of them if you are registered in the county. The rest is whether you walk in.

Your vote. Your voice. The future is not abstract. It is who shows up on October 19–30 and November 3.