Texas legislation and subsequent court rulings have made it difficult to know what you need to vote.  The League of Women Voters has put together this quick video and we have also included additional information about what you need and what constitutes voter harassment around the voter id issue.  So check out the post below and vote in local, state and federal elections.  It’s your right!

Great news for Texas Voters!

New Procedures for Voting in Person All citizens wishing to vote must still be on the official list of registered voters. For the November 8th election, the deadline to register is October 11th.

Voters may still use one of seven (7) forms of photo ID, listed below. IDs may be expired up to four years. (Previously IDs could be expired no more than 60 days.)

• Driver license
• Texas Election Identification Certificate (EIC)
• Texas Personal Identification Card issued by DPS
• Texas license to carry a handgun issued by DPS
• US military identification card containing the person’s photograph
• US citizenship certificate containing the person’s photograph
• US passport

ADDITIONALLY, new procedures allow registered voters without photo ID to sign a simple form* and present one of the following documents to vote a regular ballot:

• Valid voter registration certificate (card)
• Certified birth certificate
• Current utility bill
• Bank statement
• Government check
• Paycheck

• Any other government document with the individual’s name and address
• *The one-page form is called the “Voter’s Declaration of Reasonable Impediment or Difficulty”

Prohibition of Voter Harassment

• Election officials cannot question a voter about the use of an ID type

• Poll watchers may never question a voter about Voter ID issues

• It was also made clear that the ID address does not have to match the voter registration address.

No Provisional Ballots

Voters who present one of the alternate documents and sign the declaration form “shall be permitted to vote a regular ballot.”

Other Provisions

• Declaration forms must be translated into Spanish, Chinese, and Vietnamese for use in those counties required to provide voting materials in those languages.
• A signed declaration form can be rejected “only upon conclusive evidence that the person completing the declaration is not the person in whose name the ballot will be cast.”
• Read official Texas Secretary of State information on Voter ID
• Learn more on the League’s Voting Rights and Election Laws Issue Page
• Official Texas Secretary of State Posters and flyers on Voter ID call (800) 252-VOTE with questions
• *VoterRiders provides a print ready Texas voter ID information card with a phone number for questions about voter ID. 844-338-8743