Texas Election Code - Section 63.0011. Statement Of Residence Required
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§ 63.0011. STATEMENT OF RESIDENCE REQUIRED. (a) Before a
voter may be accepted for voting, an election officer shall ask the
voter if the voter's residence address on the precinct list of
registered voters is current and whether the voter has changed
residence within the county.
(b) If the voter's residence address is not current because
the voter has changed residence within the county, the voter may
vote, if otherwise eligible, in the election precinct in which the
voter is registered if the voter resides in the county in which the
voter is registered and, if applicable:
(1) resides in the political subdivision served by the
authority ordering the election if the political subdivision is
other than the county; or
(2) resides in the territory covered by the election
in a less-than-countywide election ordered by the governor or a
county authority.
(c) Before being accepted for voting, the voter must execute
and submit to an election officer a statement including:
(1) a statement that the voter satisfies the
applicable residence requirements prescribed by Subsection (b);
(2) the voter's residence address or, if the residence
has no address, the address at which the voter receives mail and a
concise description of the location of the voter's residence;
(3) the month, day, and year of the voter's birth; and
(4) the date the statement is submitted to the
election officer.
(d) The voter registrar shall provide to the general
custodian of election records a sufficient number of statements of
residence for use in each election.
(e) The voter registrar shall retain each statement of
residence on file with the voter's voter registration application.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 797, § 39, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Section: 62.011 62.0115 62.012 62.013 62.014 62.015 63.001 63.0011 63.002 63.003 63.004 63.005 63.006 63.007 63.008
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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