TCC Votes 2020: General Resources

Population-Specific information and Resources

• AARP Government & Elections

  Information targeted at older voters; covers both federal and state elections

• Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote

• Military Voters

• National Center for Transgender Equality: Voting Rights

• National Coalition on Black Civic Participation

• National Homeless Coalition

  You don't need a home to vote!

• Native Vote

  Resources for indigenous people in all 50 states

• Resources for Voters with Disabilities

• Rock the Vote

  Voter information and engagement resources targeted to the under-30 set, but excellent voter/voting info source for all

• State Criminal Re-enfranchisement Laws

• Student Guides: Campus Vote Project

• Study Abroad and Vote! Toolkit

  This toolkit provides voter outreach promotional tools and information to American students studying abroad. 

• Ya es hora ve y vota (Spanish language)

Voting Rights: Laws, Cases, Policy

• American Civil Liberties Union: Voting Rights

• Department of Justice Civil Rights: Voting Section

• Election Protection

• Federal Election Commission

  Information about federal election campaign finance law and compliance.

Voter Bill of Rights

• A ballot with written instructions on how to cast a ballot.
• Ask the polling place official for instructions on how to cast a ballot (but not suggestions on how to vote).
• Cast your vote in secret and free from intimidation.
• Receive up to two more ballots if you make a mistake while marking the ballot.
• Bring an interpreter to assist you as you qualify to vote if you do not understand the English language.
• Help to cast your ballot if you cannot write, see the ballot, or understand the language in which it is written.
• Report a possible voting rights abuse to the Secretary of State (1.800.252.8683) or to your local election official.
• Cast a provisional ballot if your name does not appear on the list of registered voters.
• (1) Cast a provisional ballot
  • (a) if you do not possess one of the seven (7) acceptable forms of photo identification, which, if you are under 70, is not expired for more than four years, and you can reasonably obtain one of these forms of identification or
  • (b) if you possess, but did not bring to the polling place, one of the seven forms of acceptable photo identification, which, if you are under 70, is not expired for more than four years, or
  • (c) if you do not possess one of the seven forms of acceptable photo identification, which, if you are under 70, is not expired for more than four years, you could otherwise not reasonably obtain one, but you did not bring a supporting form of identification to the polling place, and
• (2) the right to present one of the acceptable forms of photo identification, which, if you are under 70, is not expired for more than four years, or, if you do not possess and cannot reasonably obtain an acceptable form of photo identification, the right to execute a reasonable impediment declaration and present one of the supporting forms of identification, to the county voter registrar’s office, within six (6) calendar days after election day, or, if applicable, qualify for a temporary (natural disaster or religious objection to being photographed) or permanent (disability) exemption, within six (6) calendar days of election day, at the county voter registrar’s office.
• Vote once at any early voting location during the early voting period within the territory conducting the election.
• File an administrative complaint with the Secretary of State concerning violations of federal and state voting procedures.

For more information, please visit the VoteTexas website.

Primary Sources, Lesson Plans & Exhibits

• CSPAN Classroom: Elections

• Library of Congress- U.S. Election Statistics: A Resource Guide

• Library of Congress Themed Resources: Elections

• NARA/Federal Register: U.S. Electoral College

• Smithsonian - Vote: The Machinery of Democracy Exhibit

• CODIV-19 Election Update, Texas Secretary of State
• COVID-19 Resources for Election Officials
• Information on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Texas Department of State, Health Services
• Healthy Voting in Texas, by healthyvoting.org, a project of American Public Health Association and etc....

Vote.org Texas Election Center: Election tools, dates, deadlines, links and rules

Texas State Election Website

Request an absentee ballot from Texas

Texas Polling Places:  Information may not be up to date.  Please check back often.