Title EL, Election Code

Sec. 20.005. DEGREE OF ASSISTANCE. 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 as is provided to a person in completing the agency's forms, unless the as…

Sec. 20.006. DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY. (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 the person is of voting age or is a United States citizen. (b) A person's age…

Sec. 20.007. PROHIBITED ACTS. 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 allegiance; or (3) make any statement or take any action the purpose or effect of which…

Sec. 20.008. ASSISTANCE BY SECRETARY OF STATE OR REGISTRAR. 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 Elections Division of the Office of the Secretary…

Sec. 20.009. ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES. 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 Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 797, Sec. 33, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. SUBCH…

Sec. 20.031. FORM PROVIDED. 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 connection with the person's application for initial services, and also in connection with any recertific…

Sec. 20.032. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. (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 application form and on request shall provide nonpartisan voter registration a…

Sec. 20.033. EFFECT OF SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION TO EMPLOYEE. 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 for the purpose of determining the effective date of registration …

Sec. 20.034. SUBMISSION TO REGISTRAR BY APPLICANT. (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 employee shall enter on the declination of registration form a …

Sec. 20.035. DELIVERY OF APPLICATIONS TO REGISTRAR. (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 an agency employee. (b) An application shall be delivered to the regist…

Sec. 20.036. DECLINATION OF REGISTRATION. (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 an official declination of registration form unless the employee determines that …

Sec. 20.037. TELEPHONE OR MAIL SERVICES. (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 application form on the approval of services for the applicant. (b) An agency shall deliver to an…

Sec. 20.061. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS. 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 Leg., ch. 797, Sec. 33, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 20.062. DEPARTMENT FORMS AND PROCEDURE. (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 with an officially prescribed voter registration application form. (b) The departmen…

Sec. 20.063. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. (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 a driver's license, a personal identification card, or a duplicate or corrected license or card a…

Sec. 20.064. DECLINATION FORM NOT REQUIRED. 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 voter registration. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 797, Sec. 33, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 20.065. DELIVERY OF APPLICATIONS AND CHANGES OF ADDRESS. (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 by mail or in person to the voter registrar of the county in which the office is l…

Sec. 20.066. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. (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 on the application into the department's electronic data system; and (2) infor…

Sec. 20.091. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS. 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. 797, Sec. 33, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 20.092. REGISTRATION PROCEDURE. (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 an opportunity to complete a voter registration application form. (b) A public library shall use the official fo…

Sec. 20.093. DECLINATION FORM NOT REQUIRED. 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. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 797, Sec. 33, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. SUBCHAPTER E. M…

Sec. 20.121. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS. 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 provision or by rule of the secretary of state. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 7…

Sec. 20.122. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. (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 two voter registration application forms. (b) The county clerk shall use the official form p…

Sec. 20.123. DECLINATION FORM NOT REQUIRED. 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. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 797, Sec. 33, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.