Sec. 84.001. APPLICATION REQUIRED

(a) To be entitled to vote an early voting ballot by mail, a person who is eligible for early voting must make an application for an early voting ballot to be voted by mail as provided by this title.

(b) An application must be in writing and signed by the applicant.

(c) An applicant is not required to use an official application form.

(d) An application must be submitted by mail to the early voting clerk for the election who serves the election precinct of the applicant's residence.

(d-1) A timely application that is addressed to the wrong early voting clerk shall be forwarded to the proper early voting clerk not later than the day after the date it is received by the wrong clerk.

(e) An applicant for a ballot to be voted by mail may apply for ballots for the main election and any resulting runoff election on the same application. The timeliness of the application for both elections is determined in relation to the main election. However, if the application is not timely for the main election, the timeliness of the application for the runoff election is determined in relation to that election.

(f) A person who has not made an application as provided by this title is not entitled to receive an early voting ballot to be voted by mail.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 20, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.07; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1349, Sec. 33, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1381, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 890, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 854, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 633, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.