HOW TO VOTE


ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE:

1.  Voting Requirements in Texas:


    • You are a United States citizen.
    • You are legally registered to vote in Texas.
    • You are at least 18 years old on Election Day.
    • You are not a convicted felon. (You may be eligible to vote if you have completed your sentence, probation, and parole.)
    • You have not been declared by a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be either totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote.

2.  How to Verify if You are Registered to Vote:

HOW TO RECEIVE & SUBMIT VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION

The application may be mailed or delivered in person to the Voter Registration office or the Val Verde County Clerk’s Office. If mailed, the application must be postmarked 30 days before an election for you to be eligible to vote in that election.  For the 2021 Constitutional Amendment Election, this will be:  Monday, October 4, 2021.

1.  Visit the Texas Secretary of State Website here download and print application, sign, and mail to your local  County Voter Registrar at: 
 

Voter Registrar Office
Elodia Garcia
P.O. Box 1368
Del Rio, TX  78841-1368 

 

2.  Pedimento Para Solicitud de Registro Como Votante selecciona aquí - Tarjeta de solicitud de registro de electores en línea imprimir, firmar, y enviado al condado local de la oficina de registro. La aplicación tiene que estar sellada por el correo 30 días antes de la elección para ser elegible para votar.  

Voter Registrar Office            or      Val Verde County Clerk Office  
Elodia Garcia                                    Teresa Esther Chapoy
P.O. Box 1368                                  P.O. Box 1267 
Del Rio, TX  78840-1368        Del Rio, Texas 78841-1267
 
 

3.  For further information please call the Voter Registration office at:

   

Voter Registrar Office            or      Val Verde County Clerk’s Office
309 Mills St                                      400 Pecan St
 Del Rio, TX 78840                            Del Rio, TX 78841
 Phone (830) 774-7527                   Phone (830) 774-7564

For more information, please visit the Vote Texas website.
 Para mas información por favor de visitar nuestra pagina de internet Vote Texas 



 

IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

For acceptable identifications when voting at a polling location please visit Required Identification for Voting in Person or see list below: 

●     Texas Driver License issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS)

●     Texas Election Identification Certificate issued by DPS

●     Texas Personal Identification Card issued by DPS

●     Texas Handgun License issued by DPS

●     United States Military Identification Card containing the person’s photograph

●     United States Citizenship Certificate containing the person’s photograph

●     United States Passport (book or card)

Identificaciónes que son aceptables para votar por favor de visitar nuestra pagina de internet
Identificación Requerida Para Votar en Persona o revise la lista disponible abajo:

●     Licencia de Conducir de Tejas expedida por el Departamento de Seguridad Pública (DPS, según sus siglas en inglés)

●     Certificado de Identificación Electoral de Tejas expedido por el DPS

●     Tarjeta de Identificación Personal de Tejas expedida por el DPS

●     Licencia para Portar Armas de Fuego de Tejas expedida por el DPS

●     Cédula de Identificación Militar de los Estados Unidos con fotografía

●     Certificado de Ciudadanía de los Estados Unidos con fotografía

●     Pasaporte de los Estados Unidos (libro o tarjeta)



STUDENT VOTERS

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 a 
         parent or guardian lives.
    ●     To request that an early voting ballot be sent to the address where you are physically planning to be at  
    ●     For more information, please visit Vote Texas and fill out an early voting ballot request application in English
or Spanish