Tex. Election Code § 84.036: DISPOSITION OF RETURNED BALLOT.

(a) If an early voting ballot sent to an applicant whose application is canceled is returned to the early voting clerk as a marked ballot, the ballot shall be treated as a marked ballot not timely returned.

(b) After making the appropriate entry on a register maintained under Section 84.032(d-1), an election officer shall deposit a ballot to be voted by mail returned at a polling place under Section 84.032(d) in ballot box no. 4.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.08; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Amended by:

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1167 (S.B. 1599), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.