Tex. Elec. Code § 84.002 · Subchapter A. APPLICATION FOR BALLOT
CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An early voting ballot application must include:
(1) the applicant's name and the address at which the applicant is registered to vote;
(1-a) the following information:
(A) the number of the applicant's driver's license, election identification certificate, or personal identification card issued by the Department of Public Safety;
(B) if the applicant has not been issued a number described by Paragraph (A), the last four digits of the applicant's social security number; or
(C) a statement by the applicant that the applicant has not been issued a number described by Paragraph (A) or (B);
(2) for an application for a ballot to be voted by mail on the ground of absence from the county of residence, the address outside the applicant's county of residence to which the ballot is to be mailed;
(3) for an application for a ballot to be voted by mail on the ground of age or disability, the address of the hospital, nursing home or other long-term care facility, or retirement center, or of a person related to the applicant within the second degree by affinity or the third degree by consanguinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, if the applicant is living at that address and that address is different from the address at which the applicant is registered to vote;
(4) for an application for a ballot to be voted by mail on the ground of confinement in jail, the address of the jail or of a person related to the applicant within the degree described by Subdivision (3);
(5) for an application for a ballot to be voted by mail on any ground, an indication of each election for which the applicant is applying for a ballot;
(6) an indication of the ground of eligibility for early voting; and
(7) for an application for a ballot to be voted by mail on the ground of involuntary civil commitment, the address of the facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Civil Commitment Office or of a person related to the applicant within the degree of consanguinity described by Subdivision (3).
(b) An application for a ballot to be voted by mail on the ground of absence from the county of residence must indicate that the applicant satisfies the requirements prescribed by Section 82.001.
(b-1) A person may use the number of a driver's license, election identification certificate, or personal identification card that has expired for the purpose of fulfilling the requirement under Subsection (a)(1-a) if the license or identification is otherwise valid.
(c) An application for a ballot to be voted by mail on the ground of disability must require the applicant to affirmatively indicate that the applicant agrees with the statement, "I have a sickness or physical condition that prevents me from appearing at the polling place on election day without a likelihood of needing personal assistance or injuring my health," as prescribed by Section 82.002(a).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 21, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 1.04; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 565, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1381, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 711 (H.B. 3107), Sec. 47, eff. September 1, 2021.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 728 (H.B. 3920), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 1), Sec. 5.02, eff. December 2, 2021.
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Election Code
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Elec. Code § 84.002. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Election Code
- Tex. Elec. Code § 82.002DISABILITY OR CONFINEMENT FOR CHILDBIRTH.Printed as Section 84.002(c)
- Tex. Elec. Code § 84.011OFFICIAL APPLICATION FORM.Printed as Section 84.002(a) | Section 84.002(a)(3) | Section 84.002(a)(4)
- Tex. Elec. Code § 86.001REVIEWING APPLICATION AND PROVIDING BALLOT.Printed as Section 84.002(a)
- Tex. Elec. Code § 86.003METHOD OF PROVIDING BALLOT TO VOTER: REQUIRED ADDRESS.Printed as Section 84.002(a)(3) | Section 84.002(a)(4) | Section 84.002(a)(7)
- Tex. Elec. Code § 86.008OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT DEFECT: APPLICATION.Printed as Section 84.002, 84.0021, or 84.003(a)
- Tex. Elec. Code § 86.015ELECTRONIC TRACKING OF APPLICATION FOR BALLOT VOTED BY MAIL OR BALLOT VOTED BY MAIL.Printed as Section 84.002(a)
- Tex. Elec. Code § 87.0271OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT DEFECT: SIGNATURE VERIFICATION COMMITTEE.Printed as Section 84.002(a)
- Tex. Elec. Code § 87.041ACCEPTING VOTER.Printed as Sections 84.002 and 86.003
- Tex. Elec. Code § 87.0411OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT DEFECT: EARLY VOTING BALLOT BOARD.Printed as Section 84.002(a)
- Tex. Elec. Code § 102.002CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.Printed as Section 84.002
- Tex. Elec. Code § 103.002FORM AND CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.Printed as Section 84.002
- Tex. Elec. Code § 104.002FORM AND CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.Printed as Section 84.002
- Tex. Elec. Code § 111.004CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.Printed as Section 84.002
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