Tex. Election Code Section 15.053
Response to Confirmation Notice


(a)

The voter shall submit to the registrar a written, signed response to the notice that confirms the voter’s current residence. The response must contain:

(1)

all of the information that a person must include in an application to register to vote under Section 13.002 (Application Required);

(2)

a sworn affirmation of the voter’s current residence as defined by Section 1.015 (Residence); and

(3)

if the voter’s residence address is a commercial post office box or similar location that does not correspond to a residence, evidence of the voter’s residence address as required by Section 15.054 (Documentation of Residence for Purposes of Confirmation Notice Response) or an indication that the voter is exempt from those requirements.

(b)

The voter shall use an official confirmation notice response form for the response unless the voter does not have possession of the official form at the time of making the response.

(c)

The registrar shall act on the response in accordance with Section 13.072 (Action on Application) and retain the response on file with the voter’s registration application.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 797, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 5.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 927 (H.B. 3069), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 711 (H.B. 3107), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2021.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 869 (S.B. 1111), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2021.

Source: Section 15.053 — Response to Confirmation Notice, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.­15.­htm#15.­053 (accessed Apr. 13, 2024).

Accessed:
Apr. 13, 2024

§ 15.053’s source at texas​.gov