Tex. Elec. Code § 86.012 · Chapter 86. CONDUCT OF VOTING BY MAIL
OFFICIAL BALLOT ENVELOPE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) "Ballot Envelope" must be printed on the face of each officially prescribed ballot envelope for a ballot to be voted by mail.
(b) The following textual material, as prescribed by the secretary of state, must be printed on the face of each official ballot envelope and may be continued on the reverse side if necessary:
(1) instructions for marking the ballot and returning the marked ballot to the early voting clerk;
(2) the deadline for returning the marked ballot to the clerk;
(3) limitations on assistance to the voter; and
(4) criminal penalties for unlawful assistance in preparing the ballot.
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. 2.12; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.86.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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