Ask 2: Where should Harris County residents mail completed voter registration forms?
Question: To what address can I mail my filled out voter registration form? I live in Harris County. Answer: Harris County residents should mail their completed and signed voter registration forms to the county’s voter registrar’s office. Voter registration applications for the Nov. 3 election should be sent out on or before Oct. 5. Box 3527Houston, Texas77253-3527Haven’t received a voter registration application yet?
New voter registrations plummeted during the pandemic in Texas, where you can’t register online
But the state is already seeing one major effect of the pandemic on voting: It’s much harder to register voters. Texas is not one of them, and the state’s Republican leadership has long fought efforts to allow for an online voter registration process. “We’re not seeing an increase in voter registration activity that compensates for the decrease that we’ve seen in previous months,” he said. Democrats and Republicans told The Texas Tribune that they’re struggling with voter registration in the era of COVID-19. While Texas has turned to online services during the pandemic, the state doesn’t allow residents to register when they renew their driver’s licenses online.
Community groups, college athletes host voter registration drive, march for social justice in Houston
HOUSTON With November right around the corner, several organizations turned a parking lot at Texas Southern University into a voter registration drive-thru on Saturday. The importance of voter registration has been pushed for years. This is the biggest election that we will be a part of, University of Houston student Tyrone Carrier said. At the University of Houston, the students efforts focused on bringing awareness to social justiceThe focus at the University of Houston foIt was a different scene at the University of Houston. Student-athletes registered to vote and then marched around the campus to raise awareness of the injustices happening across the country.