Citizens hoping to participate in the Nov. 8 election have until Tuesday to get a voter registration application into the mail — or into the hands of local elections officials.

Mailed applications must be postmarked no later than Tuesday. In-person applicants have until 7 p.m. Tuesday to submit their forms.

State law requires a person to register in the county where they live. They must be a U.S. citizen, and 18 years of age on Election Day.

Voters cannot be finally convicted of a felony. If they were a felon, they must have completed all of their punishment, including any term of incarceration, parole, supervision, period of probation; or they must have received a pardon.

Another requirement is that a voter must not have been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote.

Application forms are available at government offices, high schools, libraries, post offices and the Bexar County Elections Department.

The forms, which must be signed and mailed with a postmark no later than Tuesday, can be downloaded from the Texas Secretary of State’s Office website at sos.state.tx.us. Voters are mailed a blue card that serves as a voter registration certificate and specifies which political jurisdictions apply to them.

Before submitting an application, members of the public can check whether they are already registered by calling the Elections Department at 210-335-VOTE (8683) or visiting their website at elections.bexar.org.

In addition to mailing their applications, those seeking to register also have the option of hand-delivering them to the Voter Registration Office at 1103 S. Frio, Ste. 100. The office will be open until 7 p.m. Tuesday to accept applications.

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