Texas Election Code - Section 13.002. Application Required
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§ 13.002. APPLICATION REQUIRED. (a) A person desiring to
register to vote must submit an application to the registrar of the
county in which the person resides. An application must be
submitted by personal delivery or by mail.
(b) A registration application must be in writing and signed
by the applicant.
(c) A registration application must include:
(1) the applicant's first name, middle name, if any,
last name, and former name, if any;
(2) the month, day, and year of the applicant's birth;
(3) a statement that the applicant is a United States
citizen;
(4) a statement that the applicant is a resident of the
county;
(5) a statement that the applicant has not been
determined mentally incompetent by a final judgment of a court;
(6) a statement that the applicant has not been
finally convicted of a felony or that the applicant is a felon
eligible for registration under Section 13.001;
(7) the applicant's residence address or, if the
residence has no address, the address at which the applicant
receives mail and a concise description of the location of the
applicant's residence;
(8) the following information:
(A) the applicant's Texas driver's license number
or the number of a personal identification card issued by the
Department of Public Safety or a statement by the applicant that the
applicant has not been issued a driver's license or personal
identification card; or
(B) if the applicant has not been issued a number
described by Paragraph (A), the last four digits of the applicant's
social security number or a statement by the applicant that the
applicant has not been issued a social security number;
(9) if the application is made by an agent, a statement
of the agent's relationship to the applicant; and
(10) the city and county in which the applicant
formerly resided.
(d) The omission of the applicant's middle or former name
under Subsection (c)(1) or the applicant's zip code under
Subsection (c)(7) does not affect the validity of a registration
application, and the registrar may not reject the application
because of that omission.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 436, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts
1987, 70th Leg., ch. 472, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1987,
70th Leg., ch. 920, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1989, 71st
Leg., ch. 2, § 7.02, eff. Aug. 28, 1989; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg.,
ch. 916, § 30(c), eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch.
390, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 797, §
2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 454, § 1, eff.
Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1315, § 1, eff. Jan. 1,
2004; Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1049, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
Section: 12.005 12.006 12.031 12.032 12.033 12.034 13.001 13.002 13.003 13.004 13.005 13.006 13.007 13.031 13.032
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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