- Certified Birth Certificate (Copy or original)- a certified domestic (from a U.S. State or territory birth certificate or (b) a document confirming birth admissible in a court of law which establishes your identity (which may include a foreign birth document).
- Current Utility Bill (Copy or original)
- Bank Statement (Copy or original)
- Government Check (Copy or original)
- Original Paycheck (Copy or original)
- Government document with your name and an address (Copy or original, including those if it contains a photograph) Some Examples Include;
- Current or Expired Voter Registration Certificate –With Voter’s Name and Address
- Driver Licenses from other states
- ID cards issued by federally recognized Native American tribes(If ID contains an address)
- DPS Receipts (without a Photo)
- For Voters aged 18-69, expired Texas DPS –issued Driver licenses or personal ID Cards (expired over 4 years)
- Public college or university IDs With Voter’s Name and Address
- State/Federal/Local employee ID cards With Voter’s Name and Address
- Library cards With Voter’s Name and Address
After presenting a supporting form of ID, the voter must execute a Reasonable Impediment Declaration.
Click here to view images of forms of Photo ID and Supporting Forms of ID
Click here for more information on Election Identification Certificate (EIC)
Procedures for Voting:
When a voter arrives at a polling location, the voter will be asked to present one of the seven (7) acceptable forms of photo ID that is current or expired no more than four years. If a voter has not been able to obtain one of the seven (7) acceptable forms of photo ID, and has a reasonable impediment or difficulty to obtaining an acceptable form of photo ID, the voter may present a supporting form of ID and execute a Reasonable Impediment Declaration, noting the voter’s reasonable impediment to obtaining an acceptable form of photo ID, and stating that the voter is the same person on the presented form of supporting form of ID.
Election officials will still be required by State law to determine whether the voter’s name on the identification provided matches the name on the official list of registered voters (“OLRV”). After a voter presents their ID, whether it’s an acceptable form of photo ID or a supporting form of ID, the election worker will compare it to the OLRV. If the name on the ID matches the name on the list of registered voters, the voter will follow the regular procedures for voting.
If the name does not match exactly but is “substantially similar” to the name on the OLRV, the voter will be permitted to vote as long as the voter signs an affidavit stating that the voter is the same person on the list of registered voters.
If a voter possesses an acceptable form of photo ID or Supporting forms of documentation but does not have it at the polling place, the voter will still be permitted to vote provisionally. The voter will have (six) 6 days to present an acceptable form of photo identification to the county voter registrar, or fill out the natural disaster affidavit referenced in the Exemption/Exceptions section below), or the voter’s ballot will be rejected.
Click here to see if your name matches the OLRV by pulling up your voter information
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