Texas Election Code Title 7, Chapter 101 - Voting By Resident Federal Postcard Applicant
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 101.001 - Eligibility
A person is eligible for early voting by mail as provided by this chapter if: (1) the person is qualified to vote in this state...
- Texas Section 101.002 - General Conduct Of Voting
Voting under this chapter shall be conducted and the results shall be processed as provided by Subtitle A for early voting by mail, except as...
- Texas Section 101.003 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Federal postcard application" means an application for a ballot to be voted under this chapter submitted on the official federal form...
- Texas Section 101.004 - Noting Fpca Registration On Poll List
For each FPCA registrant accepted to vote, a notation shall be made beside the voter's name on the early voting poll list indicating that the...
- Texas Section 101.005 - Noting Fpca Registration And E-mail On Early Voting Roster
The entry on the early voting roster pertaining to a voter under this chapter who is an FPCA registrant must include a notation indicating that...
- Texas Section 101.006 - Excluding Fpca Registrant From Precinct Early Voting List
A person to whom a ballot is provided under this chapter is not required to be included on the precinct early voting list if the...
- Texas Section 101.007 - Designation Of Secretary Of State
(a) The secretary of state is designated as the state office to provide information regarding voter registration procedures and absentee ballot procedures, including procedures related...
SUBCHAPTER B SUBMISSION OF FEDERAL POSTCARD APPLICATION
- Texas Section 101.008 - Status Of Application Or Ballot Voted
The secretary of state, in coordination with local election officials, shall implement an electronic free-access system by which a person eligible for early voting by...
- Texas Section 101.051 - Form And Contents Of Application
An application for a ballot to be voted under this subchapter must: (1) be submitted on an official federal postcard application form; and (2) include...
- Texas Section 101.052 - Submitting Application
(a) A federal postcard application must be submitted to the early voting clerk for the election who serves the election precinct of the applicant's residence....
- Texas Section 101.053 - Action By Early Voting Clerk On Certain Applications
The early voting clerk shall notify the voter registrar of a federal postcard application submitted by an applicant that states a voting residence address located...
- Texas Section 101.054 - Applying For More Than One Election In Same Application
(a) A person may apply with a single federal postcard application for a ballot for any one or more elections in which the person is...
- Texas Section 101.055 - Fpca Voter Registration
(a) The submission of a federal postcard application that complies with the applicable requirements by an unregistered applicant constitutes registration by the applicant: (1) for...
- Texas Section 101.056 - Method Of Providing Ballot; Required Address
(a) The balloting materials provided under this subchapter shall be airmailed to the voter free of United States postage, as provided by the federal Uniformed...
- Texas Section 101.057 - Return Of Voted Ballot
A ballot voted under this subchapter may be returned to the early voting clerk by mail, common or contract carrier, or courier. Amended by: Acts...
SUBCHAPTER C E-MAIL TRANSMISSION OF BALLOTING MATERIALS
- Texas Section 101.058 - Official Carrier Envelope
The officially prescribed carrier envelope for voting under this subchapter shall be prepared so that it can be mailed free of United States postage, as...
- Texas Section 101.101 - Purpose
The purpose of this subchapter is to implement the federal Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act (Pub. L. No. 111-84, Div. A, Title V, Subt....
- Texas Section 101.102 - Request For Balloting Materials
(a) A person eligible to vote under this chapter may request from the appropriate early voting clerk e-mail transmission of balloting materials under this subchapter....
- Texas Section 101.103 - Confidentiality Of E-mail Address
An e-mail address used under this subchapter to request balloting materials is confidential and does not constitute public information for purposes of Chapter 552, Government...
- Texas Section 101.104 - Elections Covered
Balloting materials may be sent by e-mail under this subchapter for any election in which the voter who registers under this chapter is eligible to...
- Texas Section 101.105 - Balloting Materials To Be Sent By E-mail
Balloting materials to be sent by e-mail under this subchapter include: (1) the appropriate ballot; (2) ballot instructions, including instructions that inform a voter that...
- Texas Section 101.106 - Methods Of Transmission To Voter
(a) The balloting materials may be provided by e-mail to the voter in PDF format, through a scanned format, or by any other method of...
- Texas Section 101.107 - Return Of Ballot
(a) A voter described by Section 101.001(2)(A) or (B) must be voting from outside the voter's county of residence. A voter described by Section 101.001(2)(C)...
- Texas Section 101.108 - Tracking Of Balloting Materials
The secretary of state by rule shall create a tracking system under which an FPCA registrant may determine whether a voted ballot has been received...
- Texas Section 101.109 - Rules
(a) The secretary of state may adopt rules as necessary to implement this subchapter. (b) The secretary of state may provide for an alternate secure...
Last modified: September 28, 2016