(a) A person desiring to cancel the person’s application for a ballot to be voted by mail must submit a request for the cancellation to an election officer as provided by this section.
(b) A request must:
(1) be in writing and signed by the applicant;
(2) specify the election for which the application was made; and
(3) except as provided by Subsection (c), (d), or (e), be received by the early voting clerk:
(A) not later than the third day before election day; and
(B) if an early voting ballot sent to the applicant is returned to the clerk as a marked ballot, before the marked ballot’s arrival at the address on the carrier envelope.

Terms Used In Texas Election Code 84.032

  • Affidavit: means a statement in writing of a fact or facts signed by the party making it, sworn to before an officer authorized to administer oaths, and officially certified to by the officer under his seal of office. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, or figures, whether by writing, printing, or other means. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • 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
  • Signed: includes any symbol executed or adopted by a person with present intention to authenticate a writing. See Texas Government Code 311.005

(c) An applicant may submit a request after the close of early voting by personal appearance by appearing in person and:
(1) returning the ballot to be voted by mail to the early voting clerk; or
(2) executing an affidavit that the applicant:
(A) has not received the ballot to be voted by mail;
(B) never requested a ballot to be voted by mail; or
(C) received notice of a defect under § 87.0271(b) or (c) or 87.0411(b) or (c).
(d) An applicant may also submit a request by appearing in person and returning the ballot to be voted by mail or presenting a notice received under § 86.006(h) to:
(1) the early voting clerk or deputy early voting clerk at any polling place that is open for early voting by personal appearance; or
(2) the presiding election judge on election day at the applicant’s precinct polling place.
(d-1) An election officer shall maintain a register of ballots to be voted by mail returned at a polling place under Subsection (d). An election officer shall enter on the register the name of each voter who returns a ballot to be voted by mail and the ballot’s number. The secretary of state shall adopt a form to be used for this purpose.
(e) An applicant may also submit a request at any time after the early voting ballot is returned to the early voting clerk as a marked ballot and before the ballot is delivered to the early voting ballot board by appearing in person and executing an affidavit that the applicant did not mark the ballot.
(f) A request for cancellation in a manner other than as authorized by this section, including a request by letter, has no effect.

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