Tex.
Election Code Section 84.032
Request for Cancellation
(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.(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 Section 87.0271 (Opportunity to Correct Defect: Signature Verification Committee)(b) or (c) or 87.0411 (Opportunity to Correct Defect: Early Voting Ballot Board)(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 Section 86.006 (Method of Returning Marked Ballot)(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.
Source:
Section 84.032 — Request for Cancellation, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.84.htm#84.032 (accessed Apr. 20, 2024).
