{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-102.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 102.002","heading":"CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.","body":"An application for a late ballot must comply with the applicable provisions of Section 84.002 and must include or be accompanied by a certificate of a licensed physician or chiropractor or accredited Christian Science practitioner in substantially the following form:\n\"This is to certify that I know that __________ has a sickness or physical condition that will prevent him or her from appearing at the polling place for an election to be held on the __________ day of __________, 20___, without a likelihood of needing personal assistance or of injuring his or her health and that the sickness or physical condition originated on or after __________.\n\"Witness my hand at __________, Texas, this __________ day of __________, 20___.\n________________________________\n(signature of physician,\nchiropractor, or practitioner)\"\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.26; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.\nAmended by:\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 711 (H.B. 3107), Sec. 74, eff. September 1, 2021.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 7. EARLY VOTING","SUBTITLE B. SPECIAL FORMS OF EARLY VOTING","CHAPTER 102. LATE VOTING BY DISABLED VOTER"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.102.htm#102.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"3f854790543c644f4fbdc67a3e940fbfa05b79216cd916b2ccc4587aac0cb308","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-102.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-102.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}