Texas Election Code 105.001 – Electronic Transmission of Completed Ballot
(a) The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures to allow a person who is casting an early voting ballot by mail to return the ballot by telephonic facsimile machine or similar electronic means if the person:
(1) is a member of the armed forces of the United States who is on active duty overseas, or the spouse or a dependent of the member; and
(2) is casting the ballot from an area:
(A) in which members of the armed forces are eligible to receive hostile fire pay or imminent danger pay; or
(B) that has been designated by the president of the United States as a combat zone.
(b) The procedures must:
(1) provide for verification of the voter;
(2) provide for the security of the transmission; and
(3) require the early voting clerk to maintain a record of each ballot received under this section.
Terms Used In Texas Election Code 105.001
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- United States: includes a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) A ballot transmitted under this section or by mail may not be counted if the ballot has previously been transmitted to the early voting clerk by electronic means under this section.