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Tex. Elec. Code § 63.002 (2026)

Signature Roster

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Sec. 63.002. SIGNATURE ROSTER. (a) A signature roster shall be maintained by an election officer at the polling place.

(b) A voter who is accepted for voting must sign the roster before the voter is permitted to vote.

(c) If the voter cannot sign the voter's name, an election officer shall enter the voter's name with a notation of the reason for the voter's inability to sign the roster.

(d) The signature roster may be in the form of an electronic device approved by the secretary of state that is capable of capturing a voter's signature next to the voter's name on the device. The secretary of state shall adopt rules governing the processing of electronic signatures captured under this subsection.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 55, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Amended by:

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1000 (H.B. 2373), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2017–2017 · leading case: Stringer v. Pablos, 274 F. Supp. 3d 588 (W.D. Tex. 2017).

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Stringer v. Pablos, 274 F. Supp. 3d 588 (W.D. Tex. 2017). “That initial signature is entered into DPs’s electronic data system and transmitted to the Secretary of State, and is used to verify the voter’s identity when they appear to vote by comparing it to a signa *597 ture that the voter provides at their polling place.”

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