Tex. Elec. Code § 84.037 · Subchapter B. CANCELING APPLICATION FOR BALLOT TO BE VOTED BY MAIL
PRESERVATION OF DOCUMENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The early voting clerk shall preserve each cancellation request for the period for preserving the precinct election records. If the application is canceled, the clerk shall attach it and the corresponding ballot materials, if available, to the cancellation request and preserve it with the request.
(b) The early voting clerk as defined by Subchapter A, Chapter 83, shall, not later than the 30th day after election day, deliver notice to the attorney general of cancellation requests received, including certified copies of cancellation requests, applications, and carrier envelopes, if available.
(c) The attorney general shall prescribe the form and manner of submission under Subsection (b). The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to implement the requirements prescribed under this subsection.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.08; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 5), Sec. 7, eff. December 1, 2017.
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