Tex. Elec. Code § 18.068 · Subchapter C. STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION LIST
COMPARISON OF INFORMATION REGARDING INELIGIBILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The secretary of state shall quarterly compare the information received under Section 16.001 of this code and Sections 62.113 and 62.114, Government Code, to the statewide computerized voter registration list. If the secretary determines that a voter on the registration list is deceased or has been excused or disqualified from jury service because the voter is not a citizen or a resident of the county in which the voter is registered to vote, the secretary shall send notice of the determination to the voter registrar of the counties considered appropriate by the secretary.
(a-1) The secretary of state is not required to send notice under Subsection (a) for a voter who is subject to an exemption from jury service under Section 62.106, Government Code, if that exemption is the only reason the voter is excused from jury service.
(b) The secretary of state shall by rule determine what information combinations identified as common to a voter and to an individual who is deceased constitute a weak match or a strong match in order to:
(1) produce the least possible impact on Texas voters; and
(2) fulfill its responsibility to manage the voter rolls.
(c) The secretary of state may not determine that a voter is deceased based on a weak match. The secretary of state may inform the county of the voter's residence that a weak match exists.
(d) On receiving notification from the secretary of state under Subsection (c) that a weak match of identifying information exists for a county voter and an individual who is deceased, the county shall investigate whether the voter is the individual who is deceased.
(e) The secretary of state may determine that a voter is deceased based on a strong match.
(f) The secretary of state may obtain, for purposes of determining whether a voter is deceased, information from other state agency databases relating to a voter that is the same type of information that the secretary of state or a voter registrar collects or stores for voter registration purposes.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 683 (H.B. 174), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2011.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1093 (H.B. 3593), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 1), Sec. 2.07, eff. December 2, 2021.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.18.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 850908911d8eb850369018f5a7e6734fbe359da2e259fd981708883e1690508e
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 62.106EXEMPTION FROM JURY SERVICE.Printed as Section 62.106, Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 62.113COMPILATION OF LIST OF NONCITIZENS.Printed as Sections 62.113 and 62.114, Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 62.114COMPILATION OF LIST OF NONRESIDENTS.Printed as Sections 62.113 and 62.114, Government Code
Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Elec. Code § 18.068. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Election Code
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.