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GA16: Volunteer Deputy Registrar Training
Hours: 1.5
Becoming a Volunteer Deputy Registrar is easy! Volunteer Deputy Registrars help register eligible citizens to vote by distributing, reviewing, and accepting completed voter registration applications.
Volunteer Deputy Registrars help citizens register to vote by:
- providing a voter registration application;
- assisting in the completion of the application;
- accepting and reviewing the completed application and giving receipts;
- informing the applicant that voter registration certificates are mailed within 30 days;
- submitting the applications
Bruce Elfant is your Travis County Tax Assessor-Collector and Voter Registrar. He was first elected to the position in 2012 after spending 20 years as the Travis County Precinct 5 Constable. Today, as the county’s official Voter Registrar, Elfant’s office has trained more than 4,000 volunteer deputy registrars who speak 61 different languages and represent 252 civic, religious and political organizations. He has seen the total number of registered voters swell to more than 660,000, giving Travis County the distinction of having the highest voter registration rate of any Texas urban county. He has won numerous awards for his civic and community service. Elfant was named Elected Official of the Year and given the Public Innovation Award from the Central Texas Society of Professional Administrators, recognized as the Constable of the Year by the Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas, received the Best Practice Award for exceptional delivery of services by the Texas Association of Counties, named Person of the Year by the Women’s Advocacy Project and honored with the Partnership Award from the Austin Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities. |
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