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TX Elec COde § 68.055 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 6 - Conduct of Elections|Chapter 68 - Tabulation of Unofficial Results of Certain Races by Secretary of State|Subchapter C. Elections Advisory Committee|Section 68.055. Evaluation and Recommendations Regarding Tabulation

Sec. 68.055.  EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING TABULATION.  The committee shall submit a written report after each election to the secretary of state, governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives evaluating the tabulation process and making any recommendations it considers appropriate.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 81.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 81 - General Provisions|Section 81.001. Early Voting Required

Sec. 81.001.  EARLY VOTING REQUIRED.  (a)  In each election in this state, early voting shall be conducted by personal appearance at an early voting polling place and by mail.(b)  A reference in a law outside this code to "absentee voting" means "early voting."|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.03;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Elec COde § 81.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 81 - General Provisions|Section 81.002. Applicability of Other Code Provisions

Sec. 81.002.  APPLICABILITY OF OTHER CODE PROVISIONS.  The other titles of this code apply to early voting except provisions that are inconsistent with this title or that cannot feasibly be applied to early voting.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.03;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Elec COde § 81.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 81 - General Provisions|Section 81.003. Substitution of Electronic System Ballots for Paper Ballots

Sec. 81.003.  SUBSTITUTION OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEM BALLOTS FOR PAPER BALLOTS.  In an election in which an electronic voting system is used in regular voting but not for all or part of the early voting, the electronic system ballots prepared for use in regular voting may be used for early voting, if practicable, at the discretion of the authority responsible for having the official ballot prepared for the election.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.03;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Elec COde § 81.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 81 - General Provisions|Section 81.004. Location of Public Election Records

Sec. 81.004.  LOCATION OF PUBLIC ELECTION RECORDS.  Election records for which the early voting clerk is custodian and that are public information shall be kept:(1)  for an election in which a county clerk or city secretary is the early voting clerk, at the early voting clerk's main business office;  or(2)  for any other election, at a location designated by the authority appointing the clerk.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.03;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Elec COde § 81.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 81 - General Provisions|Section 81.005. Common or Contract Carrier

Sec. 81.005.  COMMON OR CONTRACT CARRIER.  (a)  A common or contract carrier may not be used to perform an act in accordance with this title unless the carrier:(1)  is a bona fide, for profit carrier, the primary business of which is transporting or delivering property for compensation and the business practices of which are reasonable and prudent according to the usual standards for the business in which it is engaged;(2)  routinely uses receipts that:(A)  permit the carrier to retrieve a receipt or information contained in a receipt;(B)  provide space for the name and residence address of a person who delivers a parcel to the carrier;  and(C)  provide space for the date, time, and address at which parcels are received by the carrier;  and(3)  complies with laws requiring the carrier to file an assumed name with each county in which the carrier receives or delivers parcels or with the secretary of state, as appropriate.(b)  A common or contract carrier may not be used to perform an act in accordance with this title if the carrier transports property as an incidental activity of a nontransportation business activity regardless of whether the carrier imposes a separate charge for the transportation.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1381, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 393, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Elec COde § 82.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 82 - Eligibility for Early Voting|Section 82.001. Absence From County of Residence

Sec. 82.001.  ABSENCE FROM COUNTY OF RESIDENCE.  (a)  Subject to Subsection (b), a qualified voter is eligible for early voting by mail if the voter expects to be absent from the county of the voter's residence on election day and during the regular hours for conducting early voting at the main early voting polling place for that part of the period for early voting by personal appearance remaining after the voter's early voting ballot application is submitted to the early voting clerk.(b)  If a voter's early voting ballot application is submitted on or after the first day of the period for early voting by personal appearance, the voter is ineligible for early voting by mail unless the voter is absent from the county when the application is submitted and satisfies the requirements prescribed by Subsection (a).|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.05;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Elec COde § 82.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 82 - Eligibility for Early Voting|Section 82.002. Disability or Confinement for Childbirth

Sec. 82.002.  DISABILITY OR CONFINEMENT FOR CHILDBIRTH.  (a)  A qualified voter is eligible for early voting by mail if the voter:(1)  has a sickness or physical condition that prevents the voter from appearing at the polling place on election day without a likelihood of needing personal assistance or of injuring the voter's health; or(2)  is expecting to give birth within three weeks before or after election day.(b)  The following do not constitute sufficient cause to entitle a voter to vote under Subsection (a):(1)  a lack of transportation;(2)  a sickness that does not prevent the voter from appearing at the polling place on election day without a likelihood of needing personal assistance or of injuring the voter's health; or(3)  a requirement to appear at the voter's place of employment on election day.(c)  To be eligible for an early voting ballot by mail under Subsection (a)(1), an applicant must affirmatively indicate that he or she agrees with the statement prescribed by Section 84.002(c).|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.05;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 69, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 728 (H.B. 3920), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 728 (H.B. 3920), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Elec COde § 82.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 82 - Eligibility for Early Voting|Section 82.003. Age

Sec. 82.003.   AGE.  A qualified voter is eligible for early voting by mail if the voter is 65 years of age or older on election day.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.05;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Elec COde § 82.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 82 - Eligibility for Early Voting|Section 82.004. Confinement in Jail

Sec. 82.004.  CONFINEMENT IN JAIL.  (a)  A qualified voter is eligible for early voting by mail if, at the time the voter's early voting ballot application is submitted, the voter is confined in jail:(1)  serving a misdemeanor sentence for a term that ends on or after election day;(2)  pending trial after denial of bail;(3)  without bail pending an appeal of a felony conviction;  or(4)  pending trial or appeal on a bailable offense for which release on bail before election day is unlikely.(b)  A voter confined in jail who is eligible for early voting is not entitled to vote by personal appearance unless the authority in charge of the jail, in the authority's discretion, permits the voter to do so.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Renumbered from Election Code Sec. 82.005 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 1.02;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 70, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Elec COde § 82.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 82 - Eligibility for Early Voting|Section 82.005. Eligibility for Early Voting by Personal Appearance

Sec. 82.005.  ELIGIBILITY FOR EARLY VOTING BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE.  Any qualified voter is eligible for early voting by personal appearance.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Renumbered from Election Code Sec. 82.006 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 1.02.|
TX Elec COde § 82.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 82 - Eligibility for Early Voting|Section 82.007. Participation in Address Confidentiality Program

Sec. 82.007.  PARTICIPATION IN ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM.  A qualified voter is eligible for early voting by mail if:(1)  the voter submitted a registration application by personal delivery as required by Section 13.002(e); and(2)  at the time the voter's early voting ballot application is submitted, the voter is certified for participation in the address confidentiality program administered by the attorney general under Subchapter B, Chapter 58, Code of Criminal Procedure.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1295 (S.B. 74), Sec. 7, eff. June 15, 2007.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 2.28, eff. January 1, 2021.|
TX Elec COde § 82.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 82 - Eligibility for Early Voting|Section 82.008. Involuntary Civil Commitment

Sec. 82.008.  INVOLUNTARY CIVIL COMMITMENT.  A qualified voter is eligible for early voting by mail if, at the time the voter's early voting ballot application is submitted, the voter is a person who is civilly committed as a sexually violent predator under Chapter 841, Health and Safety Code, and is ordered as a condition of civil commitment to reside in a facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Civil Commitment Office.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 711 (H.B. 3107), Sec. 45, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Elec COde § 86.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 86 - Conduct of Voting by Mail|Section 86.001. Reviewing Application and Providing Ballot

Sec. 86.001.  REVIEWING APPLICATION AND PROVIDING BALLOT.  (a)  The early voting clerk shall review each application for a ballot to be voted by mail.(b)  If the applicant is entitled to vote an early voting ballot by mail, the clerk shall provide an official ballot to the applicant as provided by this chapter.(c)  Except as provided by Section 86.008, if the applicant is not entitled to vote by mail, the clerk shall reject the application, enter on the application "rejected" and the reason for and date of rejection, and deliver written notice of the reason for the rejection to the applicant at both the residence address and mailing address on the application.  A ballot may not be provided to an applicant whose application is rejected.(d)  If the application does not include the applicant's correct voter registration number or county election precinct of residence, the clerk shall enter the appropriate information on the application before providing a ballot to the applicant.(e)  If the applicant does not have an effective voter registration for the election, the clerk shall reject the application unless the clerk can determine from the voter registrar that the applicant has submitted a voter registration application and the registration will be effective on election day.(f)  If the information required under Section 84.002(a)(1-a) included on the application does not identify the same voter identified on the applicant's application for voter registration under Section 13.002(c)(8), the clerk shall reject the application.(f-1)  If an application is rejected under Subsection (f), the clerk shall provide notice of the rejection in accordance with Subsection (c).  The notice must include information regarding the ability to correct or add information required under Section 84.002(a)(1-a) through the online tool described by Section 86.015(c).(f-2)  If an applicant corrects an application for a ballot to be voted by mail online and that application subsequently identifies the same voter identified on the applicant's application for voter registration, the clerk shall provide a ballot to the applicant as provided by this chapter.(g)  If a ballot is provided to the applicant, the clerk shall indicate beside the applicant's name on the list of registered voters that a ballot to be voted by mail was provided to the applicant and the date of providing the ballot unless the form of the list makes it impracticable to do so.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.12;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1381, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1178 (S.B. 910), Sec. 23, eff. September 1, 2013.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 1), Sec. 5.07, eff. December 2, 2021.|
TX Elec COde § 86.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 86 - Conduct of Voting by Mail|Section 86.003. Method of Providing Ballot to Voter: Required Address

Sec. 86.003.  METHOD OF PROVIDING BALLOT TO VOTER:  REQUIRED ADDRESS.  (a)  The balloting materials for voting by mail shall be provided to the voter by mail.  A ballot provided by any other method may not be counted.(b)  Subject to Subsection (c), the balloting materials shall be addressed to the applicable address specified in the voter's application.  The election officer providing the ballot may not knowingly mail the materials to an address other than that prescribed by this section.(c)  The address to which the balloting materials must be addressed is the address at which the voter is registered to vote, or the registered mailing address if different, unless the ground for voting by mail is:(1)  absence from the county of residence, in which case the address must be an address outside the voter's county of residence;(2)  confinement in jail, in which case the address must be the address of the jail or of a relative described by Section 84.002(a)(4);(3)  age or disability and the voter is living at a hospital, nursing home or other long-term care facility, or retirement center, or with a relative described by Section 84.002(a)(3), in which case the address must be the address of that facility or relative; or(4)  involuntary civil commitment, in which case the address must be the address of the facility or of a relative described by Section 84.002(a)(7).(d)  If the applicable address specified in a voter's application is an address other than that prescribed by Subsection (c) or subject to Section 86.002(a), the voter's application shall be rejected in accordance with Section 86.001(c).(e)  Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 5), Sec. 18, eff. December 1, 2017.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.12;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 565, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1381, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1316, Sec. 23, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 980 (H.B. 658), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 5), Sec. 8, eff. December 1, 2017.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 5), Sec. 18, eff. December 1, 2017.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 711 (H.B. 3107), Sec. 60, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Elec COde § 86.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 86 - Conduct of Voting by Mail|Section 86.004. Time for Providing Ballot to Voter

Sec. 86.004.  TIME FOR PROVIDING BALLOT TO VOTER.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), the balloting materials for voting by mail shall be mailed to a voter entitled to vote by mail not later than the seventh calendar day after the later of the date the clerk accepts the voter's application for a ballot to be voted by mail or the date the ballots become available for mailing, except that if that mailing date is earlier than the 37th day before election day, the balloting materials shall be mailed not later than the 30th day before election day.(b)  For an election to which Section 101.104 applies, the balloting materials for a voter who indicates on the application for a ballot to be voted by mail or the federal postcard application that the voter is eligible to vote early by mail as a consequence of the voter's being outside the United States shall be mailed on or before the later of the 45th day before election day or the seventh calendar day after the date the clerk receives the application.  However, if it is not possible to mail the ballots by the deadline of the 45th day before election day, the clerk shall notify the secretary of state within 24 hours of knowing that the deadline will not be met.  The secretary of state shall monitor the situation and advise the clerk, who shall mail the ballots as soon as possible in accordance with the secretary of state's guidelines.(c)  Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 5), Sec. 18, eff. December 1, 2017.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.12;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 393, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1109 (H.B. 2339), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1318 (S.B. 100), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2011.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 980 (H.B. 658), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2017.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 5), Sec. 9, eff. December 1, 2017.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 5), Sec. 18, eff. December 1, 2017.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 712 (H.B. 273), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Elec COde § 86.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 86 - Conduct of Voting by Mail|Section 86.005. Marking and Sealing Ballot

Sec. 86.005.  MARKING AND SEALING BALLOT.  (a)  A voter must mark a ballot voted by mail in accordance with the instructions on the ballot envelope.(b)  A voter may mark the ballot at any time after receiving it.(c)  After marking the ballot, the voter must place it in the official ballot envelope and then seal the ballot envelope, place the ballot envelope in the official carrier envelope and then seal the carrier envelope, and sign the certificate on the carrier envelope.(d)  Failure to use the official ballot envelope does not affect the validity of the ballot.(e)  After the carrier envelope is sealed by the voter, it may not be opened except as provided by Chapter 87.(f)  Expired.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.12;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1315, Sec. 44, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.|
TX Elec COde § 86.0051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 86 - Conduct of Voting by Mail|Section 86.0051. Unlawful Carrier Envelope Action by Person Other Than Voter

Sec. 86.0051.  UNLAWFUL CARRIER ENVELOPE ACTION BY PERSON OTHER THAN VOTER.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person acts as a witness for a voter in signing the certificate on the carrier envelope and knowingly fails to comply with Section 1.011.(b)  A person other than the voter who assists a voter by depositing the carrier envelope in the mail or with a common or contract carrier or who obtains the carrier envelope for that purpose must provide the person's signature, printed name, and residence address on the reverse side of the envelope.(c)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly violates Subsection (b).  It is not a defense to an offense under this subsection that the voter voluntarily gave another person possession of the voter's carrier envelope.(d)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, unless it is shown on the trial of an offense under this section that the person committed an offense under Section 64.036 for providing unlawful assistance to the same voter in connection with the same ballot, in which event the offense is a state jail felony.(e)  This section does not apply if the person is related to the voter within the second degree by affinity or the third degree by consanguinity, as determined under Subchapter B, Chapter 573, Government Code, or was physically living in the same dwelling as the voter at the time of the event.(f)  If conduct that constitutes an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 393, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 5), Sec. 10, eff. December 1, 2017.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 5), Sec. 11, eff. December 1, 2017.|