- Your registration status says “Suspense”
- This does NOT mean you’re suspended from voting! They will just ask you to confirm your address. If it doesn’t say Cancelled or Inactive, you are fine. (If it says Suspense AND it has an incorrect/old address, keep reading.)
- You are registered in a different TX county
- Go to the county’s main polling place (5501 Airport Blvd in Travis) TODAY OR TOMORROW ONLY and ask for a Limited Ballot (nationwide and statewide races only). This option is not available on Election Day!
- You moved to a new address in the same county
- They will just give you a form to fill out at the polls confirming your new address
- You didn’t re-register for this year’s election
- You don’t need to re-register for every election, so you may still be registered. Check your voter registration status – if it says Active or Suspense, you are good to go
- You never received/can’t find your voter registration card
- You do not need to bring your voter registration card to the polls, it’s just a confirmation that you’re registered
- You know for sure that you registered before the deadline, but your voter registration is not in the system when you check online
- Ask for a Provisional Ballot. The registrar’s office will do some extra research/checks and if they can determine they did receive your application on time, your ballot will be counted.
- If you applied in person, you should have received a yellow receipt. If you happen to still have it, you should bring that with you, but it’s not required.
- Ask for a Provisional Ballot. The registrar’s office will do some extra research/checks and if they can determine they did receive your application on time, your ballot will be counted.
- You applied for a Mail-In Ballot but never received it/lost it
- Ask for a Provisional Ballot. Once they confirm you didn’t send in your mail-in ballot your vote will be counted
- You can’t find/don’t have a Texas ID, or your ID has expired, or your appearance has changed and you don’t look like the photo
- The following forms of photo ID are accepted with nothing additional needed, and they are valid for voting if they are up to 4 years expired:
- TX driver’s license or ID
- US Passport
- Military ID (with photo)
- Texas handgun license
- US Citizenship certificate (with photo)
- Texas Election Identification Certificate (with photo)
- However! If you don’t have any of those, you can still vote using any of the following. You will just have to fill out an additional form
- Any government document that shows the your name and an address (including voter registration card)
- Current utility bill
- Bank statement
- Government check
- Paycheck
- Certified domestic (from a U.S. state or territory) birth certificate or a document confirming birth admissible in a court of law, which establishes the voter’s identity (which may include a foreign birth documents).
- If you don’t have access to a single one of the IDs/documents above before Election Day, BUT you will have at least one of them by 11/11, you should go to the polling place and ask for a Provisional Ballot. After voting with a Provisional Ballot, you can return within 6 calendar days with the ID/documents and your ballot will then be counted. You have the full 6 days even if that’s after Election Day.
- The following forms of photo ID are accepted with nothing additional needed, and they are valid for voting if they are up to 4 years expired:
- Your ID has an old address that doesn’t match your voter registration
- No problem at all, they are not required to match
- Your name has changed from what is on your ID or voter registration
- They will just have you fill out a form confirming the name change. (If your name is 100% different, I would recommend bringing documentation of the name change.)
- You can’t stand in line due to physical disability
- Anyone is allowed to vote curb-side at any polling place. Pull up to the signs that say Curb-Side Voting and call the number, and a poll worker will bring a voting machine out to you. This is intended for voters with mobility problems, but you do not have to provide any proof or explanation of why you are making the request.
- If you prefer not to vote curb-side, you or a companion can go inside and speak to the poll worker who should be near the ballot scanner. They will escort you directly to the front of the line.
- You don’t have a ride to the polls
- Request a free ride from Rideshare2Vote or Travis County Democrats (scroll down for webform)
- You have to work on Election Day
- If your work schedule does not include at least 2 hours free between 7am and 7pm on Election Day, your employer is legally required to give you time off to vote
- You can’t get there early enough since the polls close at 7pm
- If you can vote today or tomorrow, there are 8 polling places that are open until 10pm (but not on Election Day):
- Austin Permitting and Development Center (6310 Wilhelmina Delco Drive)
- Ben Hur Shrine Center (7811 Rockwood Lane)
- Carver Branch Library (1161 Angelina St.)
- Lakeway Activity Center (105 Cross Creek in Lakeway)
- PfISD Rock Gym (702 W. Pecan in Pflugerville)
- Southpark Meadows (9300 S. I-35 frontage road)
- Travis County Clerk (5501 Airport Blvd.)
- UT Texas Union (2308 Whitis Ave.)
- If you can arrive anytime before 7pm, you will be allowed to vote! 7PM REALLY MEANS 7PM though – not 7:01. But as long as you are in line by that time, they will keep the polling place open to let you vote, even if it ends up being after midnight.
- If you can vote today or tomorrow, there are 8 polling places that are open until 10pm (but not on Election Day):
- You don’t have anyone to watch your kids
- I realize this won’t work for some people and no judgment, but you are legally allowed to bring your kids (under the age of 18) to the polling place, including bringing them to the voting machine with you.
- You’re worried about getting harassed at the polling place
- Campaign activities of any kind are illegal within 100ft of a polling place. This is usually enforced pretty well. If you find anywhere that isn’t enforcing it, please call Election Protection at a866-OUR-VOTE and report it – they will contact the polling place and make sure they are following the rules.
- You’re anxious about an unknown situation
- Here, I wrote you a book! https://www.reddit.com/r/Austin/comments/1gg1o8i/anxious_about_the_voting_process_heres_an/
- You’re worried that someone you know will find out who you voted for and cause you problems because of it
- The fact that you did vote is public information, but who you chose to vote for is completely secret.
Questions about any other situations? Anything I missed? Comment and I’ll update.
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