Please review the following terms and conditions necessary for the VDVR training:
By accepting this Terms of Use, you hereby understand and agree to the terms and conditions for requesting the training.
All VDVR trainings are open to the public and will be posted on our website
Training facilities are subject to review and approval by our office. The following are examples of some facilities not suitable for training: restaurants, bars, private residences and outdoor venues.
We will need access to the facility one hour before the training to set-up equipment and one hour after training is completed to answer any follow-up questions, for a total of 3 hours.
6 ft. table for sign-in/registration & 2 chairs
4-6 ft. table for laptop and projector
3 prong outlet for equipment
podium for trainer (if available)
screen or blank wall to project PowerPoint presentation
Chairs (and tables, if available) for participants **Must be set up in advance of the training by your organization or the facility
Map of facility location and parking. Please circle the building where the training will occur and the parking lot where we will park.
Parking Permit (if required) ** Parking Permit must be received by our office at least 2 days prior to the training date
Any advertising or promotion of the VDVR training must contain our office logo and the following language: Volunteer Deputy Voter Registrar Training conducted by the Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector's Office. **Participants must arrive on time and attend the training in its entirety.
VDVR trainings are subject to cancellation or reschedule to the next available date due to severe weather
Application for Appointment as a Harris County Volunteer Deputy Voter Registrar
2019-2020 Two Year Appointment Expires December 31, 2020
This deputization is valid for Harris County only
Please review the following terms and conditions necessary for the VDVR training:
By accepting this Terms of Use, you hereby understand and agree to the terms and conditions on Application for Appointment as a Harris County Volunteer Deputy Voter Registrar.
I understand that under Section 13.031 of the Texas Election Code, a Volunteer Deputy Registrar must
be 18 years of age or older,
Not have been finally convicted of a felony, or, if so convicted, must have
fully discharged the person's sentence, including any term of incarceration, parole, or supervision, or completed a period of probation ordered by any court, or
been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disability to vote;
not have been finally convicted of an offense under Section 32.51 of the Texas Penal Code (identity theft);
be a United States citizen;
not have been determined by a final court judgment to be
totally mentally incapacitated, or
partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote; and
a resident of the State of Texas.
I affirm that I meet all the qualification to be a Volunteer Deputy Registrar.
I further understand that I may not accept any completed voter registration applications unless and until I complete the training program mandated under Section 13.047 of the Texas Election Code and receive a Certificate of Appointment.
I further understand this appointment shall terminate if the appointee receives a final conviction for an offense for failure to deliver a voter registration application (Section 13.008 of the Texas Election Code) or an offense relating to performance based compensation (Section 13.043 of the Texas Election Code), and may terminate if the voter registrar determines that the appointee failed to adequately review a voter registration application, intentionally destroyed or altered an application, or engaged in other conduct that conflicts with their duties as a Volunteer Deputy Registrar.
I understand that if I have been terminated as a Volunteer Deputy Registrar because of a final conviction for performance-based compensation for registering voters or failure to deliver a voter registration application, I may not be reappointed as a Volunteer Deputy Registrar.
Please view our 2019 Training Schedule below. Participants must arrive on time and attend the training in its entirety. Trainings are approximately one hour.
All trainings will resume at the beginning of the new term in January 2019.
In order to encourage voter registration, Texas election law provides for County Voter Registrars to designate individuals to assist in the registration of eligible persons to vote. These individuals are appointed as Volunteer Deputy Registrars and operate under State rules and the supervision of the County Voter Registrar.
To be eligible to serve as a Volunteer Deputy Voter Registrar, you MUST be:
at least 18 years of age
a citizen of the United States
a resident of Texas
In addition to the rules above, a Volunteer Deputy Voter Registrar MUST NOT have been:
determined by final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote.
finally convicted of a felony or, if a felon, fully discharged of sentence, including any term of incarceration, parole, supervision, completed period of probation, or have been pardoned (Texas Election Code, §13.031(d)).
A person is not considered to have been finally convicted of an offense if the person’s adjudication of guilt was deferred (H.B. 1226, 82nd Leg.).
finally convicted of Fraudulent Use or Possession of Identifying Information (Texas Penal Code, § 32.51).
finally convicted of a Class A misdemeanor relating to performance-based compensation for voter registration (Texas Election Code, §13.008).
A volunteer deputy voter registrar may not receive another person's registration application until they have received their certificate of appointment and completed the mandatory training.
Volunteer Deputy Voter Registrar appointments received during 2019-2020 will expire at the end of term. By law, all volunteer registrar appointments expire on Dec. 31st of every even-numbered year.
