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File Your Taxes for Free
Prosper Tax Help Services

Call 211 to Schedule | ProsperTaxHelp.org
WB Rec. Center | 3000 Shoreline Drive

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The Prosper Centers group is offering IRS-certified tax preparers to provide free tax filing services for community members, helping them get the maximum tax refund. They also help file prior year tax returns, respond to IRS letters, and complete TIN applications.
Prosper Tax Help is a free service available to individuals who make less than $60,000/year and households of 2-4 that make less than $85,000/year. Income limit increases by $5,000 for each additional family member.

Become a Volunteer Deputy Voter Registrar

If you have registered in the past as a VDR, it’s time to renew for 2023 / 2024.  If you are new to the process of registering folks to vote, it’s an easy and rewarding process and a great way to get involved in the community.

There are 3 ways to get certified / recertified. Below are two links or you can also join an in person training with Bruce Elfant.

The following link is to the online video training with a required exam at the end.
https://www.screencast.com/t/bKTbPJeNACYd

This link is the sign up for zoom training.
https://campsite.bio/tcvdr

If you have any questions about being a VDR, you can call Meg (512 854 7801) with Bruce Elfant’s office.

Other helpful links:

TX VDR Guide:    https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/pamphlets/deputy.shtml

Training Slides:  https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/forms/volunteer-deputy-registrar-training.pdf

 

Register to Vote by Mail

It’s a new year, which means that if you want to vote by mail in elections this year, it’s time to sign up again! It is a requirement to renew your vote by mail registration every year. If you want to vote by mail in the primaries, your application must be received by February 18.

Who Can Vote By Mail?

According to the Texas State Law, you may vote early by-mail if you are registered to vote and meet one of the following criteria:

  • 65 years of age or older on Election Day
  • Sick or disabled
  • Expected to give birth within three weeks before or after Election Day
  • Away from the county of residence on Election Day and during the early voting period
  • Confined in jail, but eligible to vote

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