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Volunteer Deputy Registrars are entrusted with the responsibility of officially registering voters in the State of Texas. They are appointed by county voter registrars and charged with helping increase voter registration in the state.

Qualifications

To be appointed a volunteer deputy registrar, a person must:

• be at least 18 years old;
• be a United States citizen;
• not have been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be
  1. totally mentally incapacitated, or
  2. partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote;
• never have been convicted of failing to deliver a voter application to a voter registrar;
• not have been finally convicted of a felony, or, if convicted, must have
  1. fully discharged the sentence, including any term of incarceration, parole, or supervision, or completed a period of probation ordered by any court, or
  2. been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disability to vote;
• not have been finally convicted of identity theft under Section 32.51 of the Penal Code; and
• be a resident of the State of Texas.

How to Become a Volunteer Deputy Registrar

• Contact the voter registrar in your county.
• The voter registrar will provide you with information about how training will be offered and completed.
• Upon satisfactorily completing training and examination, if required, the voter registrar will appoint you as a volunteer deputy registrar and advise you of any county-specific procedures for processing voter registration applications and that the only requirements for voter registration are those prescribed by state law or by the Secretary of State.
• The voter registrar will issue you a certificate of appointment and give you a receipt book or voter registration applications with a tear off receipt.
• You may not receive another person’s voter registration application until you have completed the training developed or approved by the Secretary of State.

To become a Texas Deputized Voter Registrar visit here

Texas DVR Training Info here