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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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ELECTION CODE |
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Title 7. EARLY VOTING |
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Subtitle B. SPECIAL FORMS OF EARLY VOTING |
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Chapter 105. VOTING BY MILITARY PERSONNEL OR OTHER PERSONS OVERSEAS |
Sec. 105.001. ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF COMPLETED BALLOT
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(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.
(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.