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Texas Election Code - Chapter 20 Voter Registration AgenciesLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Election Code > Texas Election Code - Chapter 20 Voter Registration Agencies Sponsored Links(a) The following state agencies are designated as voter registration agencies: (1) Health and Human Services Commission; (2) Department of Aging and Disability Services; (3) ... Instead of using the official voter registration application form prescribed by the secretary of state, a voter registration agency may use an official form prescribed ... The officially prescribed form for a declination of a voter registration must include: (1) spaces for the person's signature and printed name and the date ... (a) A voter registration agency shall designate one or more persons to coordinate the agency's voter registration program. The agency shall notify the secretary of ... A voter registration agency shall provide the same degree of assistance, including any necessary bilingual assistance, to a person in completing a voter registration form ... (a) An employee of a voter registration agency may not make a determination about a person's eligibility for registration other than a determination of whether ... An employee of a voter registration agency may not: (1) seek to influence an applicant's political party preference; (2) display any political party preference or ... If a question arises concerning voter registration that an agency employee cannot answer, the employee shall provide the person: (1) the toll-free telephone number of ... The secretary of state shall prescribe any additional procedures necessary for the orderly and proper administration of voter registration procedures under this chapter. Added by ... A voter registration agency shall provide a voter registration application form to each person who is of voting age and a United States citizen in ... (a) An appropriate agency employee shall routinely inform each person who applies in person for agency services of the opportunity to complete a voter registration ... The date of submission of a completed registration application to the agency employee is considered to be the date of submission to the voter registrar ... (a) The applicant may keep the registration application form or the completed application to submit the application personally to the voter registrar. (b) The agency ... (a) The agency shall deliver to the voter registrar of the county in which the agency office is located each completed registration application submitted to ... (a) If the applicant does not wish to complete a voter registration application form, the agency employee shall request that the applicant complete and sign ... (a) A voter registration agency that allows a person to apply for services by mail shall deliver to an applicant by mail a voter registration ... The other provisions of this chapter apply to the Department of Public Safety except provisions that conflict with this subchapter. Added by Acts 1995, 74th ... (a) The Department of Public Safety shall prescribe and use a form and procedure that combines the department's application form for a license or card ... (a) The Department of Public Safety shall provide to each person who applies in person at the department's offices for an original or renewal of ... The Department of Public Safety is not required to comply with the procedures prescribed by this chapter relating to the form for a declination of ... (a) At the end of each day a Department of Public Safety office is regularly open for business, the manager of the office shall deliver ... (a) If a person completes a voter registration application as provided by Section 20.063, the Department of Public Safety shall: (1) input the information provided ... The other provisions of this chapter apply to a public library except provisions that conflict with this subchapter. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. ... (a) A public library shall provide to each person of voting age who applies in person for an original or renewal of a library card ... A public library is not required to comply with the procedures prescribed by this chapter relating to the form for a declination of voter registration. ... The other provisions of this chapter do not apply to a marriage license office of the county clerk unless expressly provided otherwise by the other ... (a) When an original marriage license is returned to the licensees after being recorded, the county clerk shall also deliver to the licensees by mail ... The county clerk is not required to comply with the procedures prescribed by this chapter relating to the form for a declination of voter registration. ... Last modified: August 11, 2007 |