You'll need to:
For more information, see the voter registration section of this website.
You can either:
You can either:
You have three options:
Being registered to vote at a different address from your parents does not prevent them from claiming you as a dependent on their taxes.
Being deemed out-of-state for tuition purposes does not prevent you from choosing to register to vote where you go to college.
You are entitled to receive assistance if you:
The person who assists you will need to sign an oath at the polls.
**You do not have to provide proof of a disability to receive assistance**
If you are entitled to assistance, you can choose:
If you:
you may use an interpreter to help you communicate with election officials, regardless of whether the election officials speak the same language as you.
Having an interpreter of your choosing is your right, but that interpreter cannot be:
The person who interprets for you will need to sign an oath at the polls.
Any voter who has difficulty walking or standing for long periods can vote from a car at the curbside outside a polling location.
Before leaving for your polling location, please call ahead to the Bexar County Elections Department at 210-335-8683 to let them know where you plan to vote so that your polling location can be notified that you want to vote from your car.
At the polling location you can park your car in a parking space or pull up at the curbside.
An election official will bring your ballot to your car outside the polling location.
An election officer may offer you the option to move to the front of the line, which election officials describe as voting order priority.
Special needs and conditions that may allow you to move to the front of the line include the following:
Voters with a disability may apply with the county voter registrar for a permanent exemption from presenting a required photo ID at the polls.
The Request for Disability Exemption must contain written documentation from either:
The voter must also include:
Those who obtain a disability exemption will be allowed to vote upon display of their voter registration certificate reflecting the exemption and will not need to complete a Reasonable Impediment Declaration.
Contact the Bexar County Elections Department at 210-335-8683 for more information.
Voters in the military, their dependents, and spouses have two options:
When stationed overseas, completed ballots are due the 5th day after Election Day.
Mail applications and completed ballots as early as possible.
See the Federal Voting Assistance Program or
Overseas Vote Foundation
for more information.
Voters living overseas but not in the military have two options:
For overseas voters not in the military, completed ballots are due the 5th day after Election Day.
Mail applications and completed ballots as early as possible.
See the Federal Voting Assistance Program or
Overseas Vote Foundation
for more information.
Your voting rights are restored when you go "off-paper" and have completed all the terms of your sentence, including:
Your voting rights are also restored if you have been pardoned.
If you can receive mail at your shelter, use your shelter address for both the "Residence address" and your "Mailing address" on the registration form.
If you can't receive mail at your shelter, find a family member, friend, or other social service agency willing to receive mail for you, and use their address as your mailing address.
Important Points
For your "Residence Address,"
simply describe the location where you live:
For your "Mailing address, " use the address of a friend, relative, or social service agency that has agreed to receive your mail.
You can also use the US Postal service General Delivery.
If you use General Delivery, you would need to pick up your mail with a valid photo ID at the main post office in San Antonio at 10410 Perrin Beitel Road (78284).
See https://faq.usps.com/s/article/What-is-General-Delivery.
If you cannot reasonably get one of the seven (7) acceptable forms of photo voter ID, you can still vote a regular ballot!
When you go to vote, ask to sign a Reasonable Impediment Declaration, indicating the reason why you are unable to get a photo ID.
Then simply show your voter registration card
OR a copy or original of any of the following supporting documents to vote:
See the Texas Secretary of State Elections Division website for more information.
Text or call VoteRiders at 844-338-8743 or Spread the Vote at 713-496-0570 for assistance obtaining photo ID.
These organizations can answer your questions, as well as help obtain necessary documents, arrange transportation, and cover costs associated with getting state photo ID.
