Sec. 87.0223. TIME OF DELIVERY: BALLOTS SENT OUT BY REGULAR MAIL AND E-MAIL. (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.
Structure Texas Statutes
Chapter 87 - Processing Early Voting Results
Subchapter B. Delivering Materials to Board
Section 87.021. Ballots and Other Materials Delivered to Board
Section 87.0211. Electronic Delivery of Materials Recorded Electronically
Section 87.022. Time of Delivery: General Rule
Section 87.0221. Time of Delivery: Paper Ballots
Section 87.0222. Time of Delivery: Ballots Voted by Mail
Section 87.0223. Time of Delivery: Ballots Sent Out by Regular Mail and E-Mail
Section 87.023. Time of Delivery: Automatically Counted Ballots
Section 87.024. Time of Delivery: Voting Machine Election
Section 87.0241. Processing Ballots Before Polls Open
Section 87.025. Delivering Second Ballot Box Key to Board
Section 87.026. Bystanders Excluded
Section 87.027. Signature Verification Committee
Section 87.0271. Opportunity to Correct Defect: Signature Verification Committee