MRT's 2020 Voter Guide

Check your registration status on VoteTexas.gov or by contacting your county voter registrar's office.

No, Texas is one of nine states that do not allow this.

Contact the Federal Voting Assistance Program. They'll be able to help, as the rules are different for you than for people living in the U.S.

It's up to you. Just remember you must pick one location where you'll register and vote.

You can vote by mail if you will be away from your county on Election Day and during the hours that early voting is conducted; are sick or disabled; are 65 years of age or older on Election Day; or you are in jail.

The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that voters can take their lack of immunity into consideration when determing whether, considered along with other health factors, they qualify as having a disability, and thus, eligible for a mail-in ballot. Voters do not have to define their disability on their mail-in ballot application. The Supreme Court also said county election officials have no responsibility to question or investigate a mail-in ballot application that is valid on its face. It's unclear, but appears unlikely, that individual voters would face charges. Keith Ingram, the state's director of elections, has told the courts that he does not know whether anyone had been prosecuted for fraudulent use of an application for ballot by mail in the last 20 years. He also acknowledged that for the state to prosecute, it would have to prove that a voter acted "intentionally or with knowledge of his or her fraudulent conduct."

Fill out an application for ballot by mail and hand it in to your county elections office. There are several ways of turning it in: Either drop it off in person before the start of early voting, which begins Oct. 13, or mail it. Local election officials have to have received your applications by Oct. 23. The application can also be submitted by fax or email, but you'll still have to send it again by mail within four business days. Military or overseas voters can get more information on requesting a ballot here.

Nope, that's a common misconception. All valid mail-in applications and approved provisional ballots wil be counted — they just may not make it into the unofficial count that in years past has come out on Election Night. This year, however, with increased mail-in voting expected, there may not be enough votes collected on Election Night to even produce a reliable unofficial count.

That's your voter registration certificate. Read the information on the back of the certificate and make sure it's right, sign by the X on the front of the card (the yellow area). If you need to make changes, make them, sign the card, then mail it back to the registrar. If no changes are necessary, no need to do anything. You do not need to bring the card to vote in person (just acceptable forms of identification), but it can't hurt to bring it just in case you need it as back-up.

You'll need one of seven acceptable forms of photo ID: Texas Driver License issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety; Texas Election Identification Certificate; Texas Personal Identification Card; Texas Handgun License; United States Military Identification Card containing the person’s photograph; U.S. Citizenship Certificate containing your photograph; or U.S. Passport.

If you can't reasonably obtain one of these, you can still cast a ballot by presenting a supporting form of ID (such as a voter registration certificate, utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck or birth certificate) and signing what's called a Reasonable Impediment Declaration.

For voters under 70, yes, as long as it's not more than four years expired by the date you're trying to use it to vote. For voters 70 or older, expiration does not matter as long as the identification is otherwise valid.

Yes, but the process is a bit more complicated. Of course you can always get your ID and return to the polling place. If you'd prefer to stay, you can cast what's called a provisional ballot. Think of it as a conditional ballot. It will only count on the condition that you bring the ID to the county voter registrar’s office by the sixth calendar day after Election Day (Nov. 9).

No.

If you're a Midland County resident, check here. For other counties, check your voter registrar's website listed by county here.