DEADLINE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION APPROACHING

alazcano — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:37:00 GMT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, March 10, 2009

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(El Paso, Texas) –The Elections Department Administrator, Javier Chacon, reminds all prospective voters in El Paso County that the deadline to register to vote to be eligible to participate in the May 9^th Election is Thursday April 9 at 5:00 p.m. and the first day to apply for a ballot by mail is Tuesday, March 10, 2009.
“State law requires that voters be registered 30 days prior to the election in which they wish to vote”, said Elections Administrator, Javier Chacon.
During the upcoming election, nine entities will have candidates in the ballot including; the races for Mayor for the cities of El Paso, Anthony, Horizon and Clint, as well as city Representatives, Municipal Judges and Appellate Court Judge, School Trustee Board members for the Anthony ISD, El Paso ISD, Socorro ISD and Ysleta ISD.
The voter registration applications are available at the County Elections Administration Office located at the lower level of the courthouse, city libraries and postal offices.

Online registration forms can be downloaded from the El Paso County Elections Department at http://www.epcounty.com/elections/ or the Texas Secretary of State at http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/voter/reqvr.shtml

Voter Registration Applications must be postmarked by midnight Thursday, April 9, 2009 and shall be mail to the County of El Paso Elections Department at 500 E. San Antonio, Room L-115 El Paso, Texas, 79901 or delivered to the Elections Department by 5:00 p.m., the end of the business day on April 9, 2009.

To be eligible to register to vote in Texas, you must:

Be a U.S. citizen;
Be a resident of the county
Be 18 years of age (You may register at 17 and 10 months);
Not a convicted felon (unless a person’s sentence is completed, including any probation or parole)
Not declared mentally incapacitated by a court of law

According to the Elections Department Administrator, Javier Chacon, there are almost 383,338 people registered to vote in El Paso County.

IN BRIEF:

What: Deadline for registering to vote

When: Thursday, April 9th, 2009

Where: El Paso County Elections Administration, Postal Offices and Public Libraries.

For further information, please contact Elections Administrator, Javier Chacon at (915)546-2154 or visit www.epcounty.com/elections/

(CC-EA.03-09-024)

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DEADLINE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION APPROACHING