Tex. Elec. Code § 276.017 · Chapter 276. MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES AND OTHER PROVISIONS
UNLAWFUL DISTRIBUTION OF EARLY VOTING BALLOTS AND BALLOTING MATERIALS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The early voting clerk or other election official commits an offense if the clerk or official knowingly mails or otherwise provides an early voting ballot by mail or other early voting by mail ballot materials to a person who the clerk or official knows did not submit an application for a ballot to be voted by mail under Section 84.001.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 1), Sec. 7.04, eff. December 2, 2021.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.276.htm
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