Registered voters without photo ID, who cannot reasonably obtain one, may sign a form and present the original or a copy of one of the following documents with the voter’s name and address to vote a regular ballot:

• Voter registration card

• Certified birth certificate

• Current utility bill

• Bank statement

• Government check

• Paycheck

• Any other government document such as an out-of-state driver’s license or expired Texas driver’s license.

The form is called a "Voter's Declaration of Reasonable Impediment or Difficulty." The voter must mark one of the following reasons for not presenting a photo ID:

• Lack of transportation

• Disability or illness

• Lack of birth certificate or other documents needed to obtain an acceptable form of photo ID

• Work schedule

• Family responsibilities

• Lost or stolen identification

• Acceptable form of photo ID applied for but not received

• The name on the photo ID should match the voter registration card or be "substantially similar.  "If the names don't match exactly but are substantially similar, the voter will initial a box for similar name when signing in to vote.

• The address on the photo ID does not have to match the address on the voter registration card.

• Voter harassment - Election officials cannot question a voter about the use of an ID type and poll watchers may never question a voter about Voter ID issues

• Voters who present one(1) of the alternate documents and sign the declaration form  "shall be permitted to vote a regular ballot."

• Declaration forms must be translated into Spanish, Chinese, and Vietnamese for use in those counties required to provide voting materials in those languages.

• A signed declaration form can be rejected "only upon conclusive evidence that the person completing the declaration is not the person in whose name the ballot will be cast."