CHAPTER 14. RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION - Texas Statutes

ELECTION CODE

TITLE 2. VOTER QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION

CHAPTER 14. RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION

SUBCHAPTER A. ISSUANCE OF RENEWAL CERTIFICATE

Sec. 14.001. RENEWAL REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE. (a) On or after

November 15 but before December 6 of each odd-numbered year, the

registrar shall issue a voter registration certificate to each

voter in the county whose registration is effective on the

preceding November 14 and whose name does not appear on the

suspense list.

(b) In this code, "renewal certificate" means a registration

certificate issued under this section.

(c) A renewal certificate is valid for two years beginning on

January 1 following its issuance.

(d) At the time the registrar issues an initial certificate for

a voter whose registration will be effective after November 14 of

an odd-numbered year and before January 1 of the following year,

the registrar shall also issue the voter a renewal certificate.

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

by Acts 1986, 69th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 14, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1,

1987; Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 436, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1989;

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 54, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts

1995, 74th Leg., ch. 797, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 14.002. DELIVERY OF RENEWAL CERTIFICATE TO VOTER. (a)

Except as provided by Subsection (d), the registrar shall deliver

a voter's renewal certificate by mail to the mailing address on

the voter's registration application.

(b) The certificate, if mailed without an envelope, or the

envelope containing the certificate must contain an instruction

to the postal authorities not to forward it to any other address

and to return it to the registrar if the addressee is no longer

at the address to which the certificate was mailed.

(c) The registrar may not mail the certificate in the same

envelope with a tax statement.

(d) The registrar shall deliver a renewal certificate issued

under Section 14.001(d) with the voter's initial certificate.

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

SUBCHAPTER B. RETURN OF RENEWAL CERTIFICATE

Sec. 14.021. DISPOSITION OF RETURNED RENEWAL CERTIFICATE. On

the return to the registrar of an undelivered renewal certificate

that was mailed to a voter, the registrar shall file the

certificate with the voter's registration application and, not

later than January 2 following the mailing of certificates, enter

the voter's name on the suspense list.

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

Renumbered from Election Code Sec. 14.022 and amended by Acts

1995, 74th Leg., ch. 797, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 14.022. ERRONEOUS RETURN OF RENEWAL CERTIFICATE. If the

registrar determines that a voter's renewal certificate was

returned undelivered solely because of postal service error,

address reclassification, or the registrar's clerical error, the

registrar shall delete the voter's name from the suspense list,

make any other appropriate corrections in the registration

records, and deliver the certificate to the voter.

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

Renumbered from Election Code Sec. 14.023 and amended by Acts

1995, 74th Leg., ch. 797, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 14.023. CONFIRMATION NOTICE AFTER RETURN OF RENEWAL

CERTIFICATE. (a) After January 1 but not later than March 1 of

each even-numbered year, the registrar shall deliver a

confirmation notice in accordance with Section 15.051 to each

voter whose name appears on the suspense list under this

subchapter.

(b) If the voter fails to submit a response to the registrar in

accordance with Section 15.053, the voter's name remains on the

suspense list.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 797, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1,

1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 5.02, eff.

Sept. 1, 1999.