To find out if you're registered in Tarrant County and whether your registration has expired, the Tarrant County eVote web site has a voter form that accesses a database of voters in the county. Fill in your full name, last name first and first name last, and click "Send Request". If you are registered, the form will take you to a page with your information and precinct number on it.
If you find your personal information and you would prefer it not to be on the web, print out this form (pdf) and mail it to
Tarrant County Elections office
2700 Premier Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76111
Or fax the form to (817) 831-6475, Attn: Web Opt-out.
The law allows a registered voter to vote early for any reason (and you don't have to tell anyone your reason). Whether you're going to be out of town or just don't want to wait in long lines on Election Day, early voting is just as easy as voting on Election Day. Polling places will be listed on the Tarrant County eVote web site. Take your voter registration card and go to the polling place during the times listed.
Early voting by mail is also possible if you will be out of the county during the early voting dates and election day, if you are sick or disabled, 65 years of age or older on election day, or if you are confined to jail, but eligible to vote. Apply to the early voting clerk for a ballot on or before the seventh day before the election, but after the sixtieth day before the election. Be sure to mail in your ballot so that the early voting clerk receives it by 7 p.m. on election day. Check the Tarrant County eVote web site for details on how to vote by mail early, since instructions are specific to each election.
The exception to that rule is if you are mailing it from outside the United States -- then you must mail it by 7 p.m. on election day and the early voting clerk must receive it by the fifth day after election day.