Early voting for the November 6, 2012 General Election starts in just 34 days, on Monday October 22, 2012. To vote early or on November 6th, you must be registered to vote or have mailed your new voter registration application to your county's election office by midnight October 9, 2012. November 6, 2012 General Election Information for Collin County:
If you did not received your new yellow 2012-13 voter registration card sometime during the last six months, you may not be registered to vote in the county where you currently reside. You must be registered to vote in the county where you currently reside in order to vote.
Even if you did receive your yellow 2012-13 voter registration card in April, your registration may have since been canceled, if you received, but did not respond to a letter from your county elections office. You should immediately check your registration status and take action to properly register, if you find you are not registered to vote in the county where you reside.
To check your Collin Co. registration status - click here. To check your registration status in any other Texas county - click here. If you find you are not registered to vote, you can find the Voter's Registration application by clicking here. (More details available at Your 2012 Collin Co. Voter Registration Card ~ NPR: Texans Bereaved Over 'Dead' Voter Purge ~ Ignore A Letter From The Elections Office And Get Purged From Voting.)
If you are not registered to vote in the county where you currently reside, but you recently moved from another Texas county where you are still registered to vote, it is illegal under Texas election law for you to return to your previous county of residence to cast a ballot. However, during early voting, and only during early voting, you may vote a "limited ballot" containing statewide and national candidates by appearing in person at the main election early voting location in the county where you currently reside.
Texas did not receive administrative or judicial preclearance by the Department of Justice or federal court for Senate Bill 14, the state's voter photo I.D. law, as explained in the Texas Secretary of State's August 30, 2012 press release. This means that the current law still applies to November 6, 2012 elections. To cast a ballot in person for the November 6th General Election during Early Voting or on Election Day, voters can present their voter registration card, or in lieu of a voter registration card, at least one of the following: