Sec. 13.042. DELIVERY OF APPLICATION TO REGISTRAR. (a) A volunteer deputy registrar shall deliver in person, or by personal delivery through another designated volunteer deputy, to the registrar each completed voter registration application submitted to the deputy, as provided by this section. The secretary of state shall prescribe any procedures necessary to ensure the proper and timely delivery of completed applications that are not delivered in person by the volunteer deputy who receives them.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an application shall be delivered to the registrar not later than 5 p.m. of the fifth day after the date the application is submitted to the volunteer deputy registrar.
(c) An application submitted after the 34th day before the date of an election and on or before the last day for a person to timely submit a registration application for that election as provided by Section 13.143 shall be delivered not later than 5 p.m. of the next regular business day after the date to timely submit a registration application for that election as provided by Section 13.143.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 162 (H.B. 2324), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.
Notes of Decisions
Voting for Am., Inc. v. John Steen, 732 F.3d 382 (5th Cir. 2013).
· cites it 4× “004 is included) (the “Photocopying Provision”); and (5) Texas Election Code § 13.042 to the extent it prohibits VDRs from sending completed voter registration applications via United States mail (the “Personal Delivery Provision”).”
Voting for Am., Inc. v. Andrade, 888 F. Supp. 2d 816 (S.D. Tex. 2012).
· cites it 3× “004(c) of the Texas Election Code; (b) Tex. Elec.Code Ann. § 13.042, to the extent that it prohibits lawfully appointed and trained VDRs from delivering submitted applications to the appropriate county registrar via U.”
Longoria v. Paxton (5th Cir. 2022).
“See TEX. ELEC. CODE §§ 13.042(a), 13.039(a). Based on our interpretation, it appears that the only “power” that a VDR has is the ability to “distribute voter registration application forms throughout the county and receive registration applications submitted to the deputy in…”
— Tex. Elec. Code § 13.042(a) — 3 cases
Voting for Am., Inc. v. John Steen, 732 F.3d 382 (5th Cir. 2013).
“004 is included) (the “Photocopying Provision”); and (5) Texas Election Code § 13.042 to the extent it prohibits VDRs from sending completed voter registration applications via United States mail (the “Personal Delivery Provision”).”
Voting for Am., Inc. v. Andrade, 888 F. Supp. 2d 816 (S.D. Tex. 2012).
“004(c) of the Texas Election Code; (b) Tex. Elec.Code Ann. § 13.042, to the extent that it prohibits lawfully appointed and trained VDRs from delivering submitted applications to the appropriate county registrar via U.”
Longoria v. Paxton (5th Cir. 2022).
“See TEX. ELEC. CODE §§ 13.042(a), 13.039(a). Based on our interpretation, it appears that the only “power” that a VDR has is the ability to “distribute voter registration application forms throughout the county and receive registration applications submitted to the deputy in…”
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