Senator Carlos Uresti Files Legislation to Improve Voter Registration
Austin, TX—Senator Carlos Uresti pre-filed legislation for the upcoming 85th Legislative Session aimed at bringing common sense reforms to Texas’ voter registration process.
“Texas ranks near the bottom in the percentage of our voting age population who are registered to vote. I want to make registration more efficient, convenient, and secure than the process that is in place today.” said Senator Carlos Uresti
Over 36 states provide a method to register to vote online, or have passed legislation to implement a system in the near future. Senator Uresti filed Senate Bill 185 to establish a secure method to allow Texas residents to register to vote online.
“Texas has a booming high-tech industry, and most of our residents conduct their government business online. Texas also has a large population of military, who are twice as mobile as the general population and would benefit from an easier method to register. Providing citizens a secure and convenient method to register to vote online is good government, will save our state and counties millions of dollars, and will clean up our voter rolls.” said Uresti
Senator Uresti also filed Senate Bill 186 to automatically register a citizen who applies for a driver’s license or ID card to vote, and to keep their voter registration address current with their driver’s license or ID card address. Senator Uresti filed Senate Bill 187 to allow Texans to preregister to vote upon turning 17 years of age.
