September 22 Is National Voter Registration Day

SAN ANGELO, TX -- With the 42 days left before the general election, the country is celebrating the ninth annual National Voter Registration Day. 

The day is a nonpartisan civic holiday that celebrates democracy and involves the collective efforts of thousands of volunteers, nonprofit organizations, businesses, schools, libraries, and election officials from all over the country. 

"National Voter Registration Day ​is an opportunity to recognize and celebrate each citizen’s role in shaping our country and its future," said Lauren Kunis, Program Director of National Voter Registration Day. “If we want to see more Americans participate in our democracy, it is crucial that the next few weeks bring record-setting levels of voter registration that will enable as many citizens as possible ​to have their voices heard this November.”

In Texas, the last day to register to vote in the 2020 General Election is Monday, October 5.

Due to COVID-19 and the subsequent closure of DMVs and halting of voter registration field programs, the number of new and updated voter registrations collected across the country has fallen since March.

In order to encourage an increase in voter registration organizations across the country are hosting digital and in-person registration events.

“Civic participation is the cornerstone of a healthy democracy,” said Dr. Deborah Turner, president of the League of Women Voters. “We are excited and encouraged by the record-setting number of coalition partners assembled under the banner of National Voter Registration Day this year. This degree of participation underlines the fact that Americans are determined to keep our democracy strong despite the challenges presented by the pandemic."

Vote Texas Provides the following information for registered and unregistered voters.

• To confirm your voter registration status, visit the  Am I Registered application. 
• If you moved from one place to another in the same county, you can change your information online at the Secretary of State’s Voter Registration Name/Address Change website.

To register to vote in Texas, simply complete a voter registration application and return it to your county election office at least 30 days before the upcoming election date. 

• Complete an application using the SOS ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION.  Simply fill in the required information, print, sign, and mail directly to your county election office.
• Request a PRINTED APPLICATION and the office will mail a voter registration application to the address provided.
• Contact or visit your local VOTER REGISTRAR to complete the voter registration process.

Texans are eligible to vote if they meet the following requirements:

• You are eligible to register to vote if:
• You are a United States citizen;
• You are a resident of the county where you are submitting the application
• You are at least 17 years and 10 months old, and you are 18 years of age on Election Day.
• You are not a convicted felon (you may be eligible to vote if you have completed your sentence, probation, and parole); and
• 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.