Title EL, Election Code

Sec. 18.0625. USE OF DRIVER'S LICENSE DATA. (a) To maintain the statewide voter registration list and to prevent duplication of registration in more than one state or jurisdiction, the secretary of state shall use data of registered voters who apply for a driver's license or pers…

Sec. 18.064. SANCTION FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. If a registrar fails to substantially comply with Section 15.083, 16.032, or 18.061 or with rules adopted by the secretary of state implementing the statewide computerized voter registration list, the registrar is not entitled to receive s…

Sec. 18.065. SECRETARY OF STATE TO MONITOR REGISTRAR'S COMPLIANCE. (a) The secretary of state shall monitor each registrar for substantial compliance with Sections 15.083, 16.032, and 18.061 and with rules implementing the statewide computerized voter registration list. (b) On de…

Sec. 18.066. AVAILABILITY OF STATEWIDE COMPUTERIZED VOTER REGISTRATION LIST INFORMATION. (a) The secretary of state shall furnish information in the statewide computerized voter registration list to any person on request not later than the 15th day after the date the request is r…

Sec. 18.067. UNLAWFUL USE OF STATEWIDE COMPUTERIZED VOTER REGISTRATION LIST. (a) A person commits an offense if the person uses information in connection with advertising or promoting commercial products or services that the person knows was obtained under Section 18.066. (b) An …

Sec. 18.068. COMPARISON OF INFORMATION REGARDING INELIGIBILITY. (a) The secretary of state shall quarterly compare the information received under Section 16.001 of this code and Sections 62.113 and 62.114, Government Code, to the statewide computerized voter registration list. If…

Sec. 18.0681. SECRETARY OF STATE AUTHORITY TO ELIMINATE DUPLICATE REGISTRATION RECORDS. (a) The secretary of state shall periodically compare the information regarding voters maintained as part of the statewide computerized voter registration list to determine whether any voters …

Sec. 18.069. VOTING HISTORY. Not later than the 30th day after the date of the primary, runoff primary, or general election or any special election ordered by the governor, the general custodian of election records shall electronically submit to the secretary of state the record …

Sec. 19.001. STATEMENT OF REGISTRATIONS SUBMITTED TO SECRETARY OF STATE. (a) Before May 15 of each year, the registrar shall prepare and submit to the secretary of state a statement containing: (1) the total number of initial registrations for the previous voting year; (2) the to…

Sec. 19.002. PAYMENTS. (a) Each registrar is entitled to receive the sum of the following amounts: (1) 25 cents multiplied by the number of initial registrations certified under Section 19.001(a)(1); (2) 40 cents multiplied by the number of canceled registrations certified under …

Sec. 19.0025. ELECTRONIC ADMINISTRATION OF VOUCHERS AND PAYMENTS. (a) The secretary of state shall establish and maintain an online electronic system for administering vouchers submitted and payments made under Section 19.002. (b) A registrar must electronically submit a voucher …

Sec. 19.003. DISBURSEMENT OF STATE FUNDS. Only funds from the General Revenue Fund may be appropriated for the disbursements required by this chapter. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Sec. 19.004. USE OF STATE FUNDS RESTRICTED. Text of subsection prior to the amendments made by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1184 (S.B. 2753), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025. Applies to elections ordered before the date the Secretary of State issues the report required by Acts …

Sec. 19.005. STATE FUNDS NOT FEES OF OFFICE. State funds disbursed under this chapter are not and may not be treated as fees of office. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Sec. 19.006. STATE FUNDS NOT PART OF COUNTY BUDGET. The commissioners court may not consider the availability of state funds under this chapter in adopting the county budget for the office of the voter registrar. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Sec. 20.001. DESIGNATION OF VOTER REGISTRATION AGENCIES. (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) Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Servi…

Sec. 20.002. AGENCY-PRESCRIBED REGISTRATION APPLICATION FORM. 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 by the agency, if approved by the secretary of sta…

Sec. 20.003. OFFICIAL DECLINATION OF REGISTRATION FORM. 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 of signing; (2) the following question, followed by appropriate boxes…

Sec. 20.004. AGENCY COORDINATOR. (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 state of the name of each coordinator. (b) The registration coordinator shall condu…

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.

Sec. 31.001. CHIEF ELECTION OFFICER. (a) The secretary of state is the chief election officer of the state. (b) The secretary shall establish in the secretary's office an elections division with an adequate staff to enable the secretary to perform the secretary's duties as chief …

Sec. 31.002. OFFICIAL FORMS. (a) The secretary of state shall prescribe the design and content, consistent with this code, of the forms necessary for the administration of this code other than Title 15. The design and content must enhance the ability of a person to understand the…

Sec. 31.0021. CERTAIN OFFICIAL FORMS: INCLUSION OF NEPOTISM INFORMATION. (a) On forms designed and furnished by the secretary of state for an application for a place on the ballot, the secretary shall include a brief summary of: (1) the nepotism prohibition imposed by Chapter 573…