Voter Registration
Last day to register to vote is Friday, April 11, 2013
Ballot by mail
1) Students or citizensout of the County during Early Voting or Election Day
2) Citizens over 65
3) Disabled or Sick
Early Voting Dates, Time & Locations
Monday, April 29 - Friday May 3 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Saturday, May 4 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sunday, May 5 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Monday May 6 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Tuesday, May 7 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Richardson Civic Center / 411 W. Arapaho Rd / Richardson / 75080
Rowlett City Hall Annex / 4004 Main Street / Rowlett / 75088
Citizens with a Criminal History
(
Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
Clemency Section
8610 Shoal Creek Boulevard
Austin, Texas 78757
Phone (512) 406-5852
Fax (512) 467-0945
Email:
HOW ARE VOTING RIGHTS RESTORED?
In past years, Texas law specified that citizens convicted of a felony offense were ineligible to vote in the State of Texas until two years after full discharge of their sentence.
Effective September 1, 1997, the legislature restored voting rights to felons convicted in Texas once a person fully discharges the felony sentence, including any term of incarceration, parole, or supervision, or completes a period of probation ordered by any court. See Texas Election Code, 11.002.
Before voting in local, state, or federal elections, a person must meet the minimum qualifications such as being a U.S. citizen, at least 18 years of age, and mentally competent. A person must register to vote in the county of residence and may obtain further information from the Registrar of Voters Office in that county or from the Elections Division of the Secretary of State's Office.
Please note that the Texas law does not affect voting rights in other states.
Voting away from home
Lesson One: You have to register
If you’re a student who spends several weeks or months a year in different locations but wants to vote in Texas, you’ll need to decide which place in Texas is the place you call “home,” i.e., where you intend to return after you’ve been away. If you consider your parents’ address to be your permanent residence, you may use that address as your registration address. If you would like to register to vote at your college address, you may do so, but you can’t be registered in both places.
If you consider yourself a permanent resident of another state, you’ll need to consult with officials there for registration and ballot-by-mail procedures.
Lesson Two: Voting away from home.
If you’re attending a college or university away from home, you can vote early by mail if you claimed as your primary residence the address where you live while not attending school – in other words, where “Mom and Dad live.”
To request that an early voting ballot be sent to the address where you are physically planning to be at election time (e.g.,at school), you must fill out an
early voting ballot request application.
Voter Registration Information
Call 1-866-MyVote1. Or 1-866.698.6831
Dallas County Elections
Contact Information
Monday – Friday 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.
Office – (214) 819-6300
Voter Registration – (214) 819-6389
Early Voting – (214) 819-6359
Fax – (214) 819-6301
Rockwall County Elections
Monday – Friday (8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.)
107 E. Kaufman St. • Rockwall, TX 75087
Phone (972) 204-6200 • Fax (972) 204-6209
Glenda Denton:
Collin County Elections
Collin County Elections Department
2010 Redbud Blvd.
Suite 102
McKinney, TX 75069
972-547-1990 (McKinney)
Voters May Receive Assistance at the Polls
Tell the election official if you are a voter who needs help to vote. You do not have to provide proof of your disability. Voters are entitled to receive assistance if they:
1) Cannot read or write; or
2) Have a physical disability that prevents them from reading or marking the ballot.
Voters may be assisted by:
1) Any person the voter chooses who is not an election worker
2) Two election workers on Election Day
3) One election worker during early voting
Voters MAY NOT be assisted by:
1) Their employer;
2) An agent of their employer; or an officer or agent of their union
Curbside Voting
If a voter is physically unable to enter the polling place, he or she may ask that an election officer bring a ballot to the entrance of the polling place or to a car at parked at the curbside. After the voter marks the ballot, they will give it to the election officer, who will put it in the ballot box. Or, at the voter’s request, a companion may hand the voter a ballot and deposit it for him or her.