Register to Vote

One of the most important things you can do is to vote. The Texas Primaries are March 6, 2012.  Your deadline to register to vote is February 6, 2012.

Votexas.org makes it very simple to register.  Here are the requirements:

To be eligible to register in Texas, you must:

• be a U.S. citizen;
• be a resident of the county;
• be 18 years old (you may register at 17 years and 10 months);
• not a convicted felon (unless a person’s sentence is completed, including any probation or parole)
• not declared mentally incapacitated by a court of law

From Votexas.org:

I’m not sure if I’m registered; how can I confirm my voter registration status?

A: You can confirm your registration status on this website by going to Am I Registered to Vote?, where you will select one of three methods for conducting your search. You can base your search on: 1. your Voter Unique Identifier (VUID), which appears on your voter registration certificate; 2. your Texas driver’s license number, if you provided it when you applied for voter registration; or 3. your first and last name. Or, you can call the voter registrar’s office in the county where you reside. To find the number, review the list of County Voter Registration Officials.