TX HB4652

Requires voter registration applications to include political party affiliation, with the voter registration certificate displaying this affiliation; voters who do not indicate a party will be listed as "independent"

Mandates that voters must be affiliated with a political party to vote in that party's primary election, replacing Texas's current open primary system where voters could choose which party's primary to participate in on election day

Creates criminal offenses for voting or attempting to vote in a party's primary without being affiliated with that party, classified as a second-degree felony for actually voting and a state jail felony for attempting to vote

Requires county voter registrars to mail notices to all registered voters by October 1, 2025, explaining the new affiliation requirement and including a postage-paid postcard to indicate party preference; voters who don't respond by December 31, 2025, will be listed as "independent"

Requires registrars to send confirmation notices to voters who fail to vote in any election for two years following a general election for state and county officers