1. (a) A person desiring to register to vote must submit an application to the registrar of the county in which the person resides. Except as provided by Subsection (e), an application must be submitted by personal delivery or by mail.
2. (b) A registration application must be in writing and signed by the applicant.

3. (c) A registration application must include:

   1. (1) the applicant's first name, middle name, if any, last name, and former name, if any;
   2. (2) the month, day, and year of the applicant's birth;
   3. (3) a statement that the applicant is a United States citizen;
   4. (4) a statement that the applicant is a resident of the county;
   5. (5) a statement that the applicant has not been determined mentally incompetent by a final judgment of a court;
   6. (6) a statement that the applicant has not been finally convicted of a felony or that the applicant is a felon eligible for registration under Section 13.001;
   7. (7) the applicant's residence address or, if the residence has no address, the address at which the applicant receives mail and a concise description of the location of the applicant's residence;

   8. (8) the following information:

      1. (A) the applicant's Texas driver's license number or the number of a personal identification card issued by the Department of Public Safety or a statement by the applicant that the applicant has not been issued a driver's license or personal identification card; or
      2. (B) if the applicant has not been issued a number described by Paragraph (A), the last four digits of the applicant's social security number or a statement by the applicant that the applicant has not been issued a social security number;
   9. (9) if the application is made by an agent, a statement of the agent's relationship to the applicant; and
   10. (10) the city and county in which the applicant formerly resided.
4. (d) The omission of the applicant's middle or former name under Subsection (c)(1) or the applicant's zip code under Subsection (c)(7) does not affect the validity of a registration application, and the registrar may not reject the application because of that omission.
5. (e) A person who is certified for participation in the address confidentiality program administered by the attorney general under Subchapter C, Chapter 56, Code of Criminal Procedure, is not eligible for early voting by mail under Section 82.007 unless the person submits an application under this section by personal delivery. The secretary of state may adopt rules to implement this subsection.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 436, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 920, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 7.02, eff. Aug. 28, 1989;

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 916, Sec. 30(c), eff. Sept. 1, 1993;

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 390, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 797, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 454, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1315, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1049 (H.B. 1268), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2006.

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1295 (S.B. 74), Sec. 4, eff. June 15, 2007.