Voting question. My daughter can vote in November. Can she vote in the primary?

My daughter is 17 now. Will turn 18 in april and illegible to vote. Can she vote in the primary?

So, from the information provided, she will 17 yrs, 10 months old sometime in February. Meaning, she can legally register and hence vote in the primary.

I get this from the Texas Election Code, Chapter 13

The election code says you can register to vote at 17 years and 10 months if you will be 18 at the time of the election. The law was written this way because of our 30 day registration wait period. If a potential voter had to be 18 when they registered and they were close, they would miss their opportunity to vote in their first election. Hence only the two month leeway. The intent of the law is that the person must be 18 on the day they cast a ballot. She won't be 18 by the time of the primary and that would be an illegal vote. Don't risk it. She can vote legally in the November election.

To be eligible to register to vote in Texas, any United States citizen residing in Texas who is:

* At least 18 years old on Election Day
* Not a convicted felon (unless sentence, probation and/or parole are completed)
* Not declared mentally incapacitated by a court of law

A poll worker would catch the error since her birth date is printed on her voter's registration card. Or at least they should.

Nothing to say she can't work on elections and volunteer in campaigns for the primary, but she should not vote in her first election until she turns 18.

Sonia

I take Election Day to mean the one in November.

I guess you'd have to call the registrar to sort it out.

Primary, general, bond, school board. Any election day. It's not specific to the Nov. general election. It applies to any election. You have to be 18 years or older at the time you cast your vote.

But to be absolutely sure, I would also recommend you contact your county registrar.

Sonia

"Election Day" refers to the day of the given election. Howvever, a person who turned 18 on election day would be able to early vote, even though he/she was not yet 18 when casting a ballot.

But I would check with the registrar just to be sure.

Technically I would tend to agree with you that the ballot is not counted until election day, so if the person was 18 on election day but shy a week or two at the early voting period, then they should be able to vote during the early voting period. But again those Rs would hype the illegal voting going on in the D's primary.

Sonia

My daughter is in the same boat. Turns 18 on April 19th and dieing to vote. She'll be able to vote in the general but not in the primary.

When I was a senior in high school, one of my friends turned 18 the day AFTER the election. She wasn't happy to have to wait 4 full years to vote in a presidential election.

dg

18 years old by election day.

It doesn't work that way. You have to be 18 the day you vote.

So damn. I lose a convention member.

But she can still attend since it is open to the public. You should take her anyway. She would love to be in the thick of things.

Sonia