TIME OF DELIVERY: BALLOTS SENT OUT BY REGULAR MAIL AND E-MAIL.
Tex. ELEC Code § 87.0223.
in effect(a) If the early voting clerk has provided a voter a ballot to be voted by mail by both regular mail and e-mail under Subchapter C , Chapter 101 , the clerk may not deliver a jacket envelope containing the early voting ballot voted by mail by the voter to the board until:
(1) both ballots are returned; or
(2) the deadline for returning marked ballots under Section 86.007 has passed.
(b) If both the ballot provided by regular mail and the ballot provided by e-mail are returned before the deadline, the early voting clerk shall deliver only the jacket envelope containing the ballot provided by e-mail to the board. The ballot provided by regular mail is considered to be a ballot not timely returned.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1318 (S.B. 100 ), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2011.
Text of section prior to repeal by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1184 (S.B. 2753 ), Sec. 31(7), eff. September 1, 2025. Applies to elections ordered before the date the Secretary of State issues the report required by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1184 (S.B. 2753 ), Sec. 32, eff. September 1, 2025.