{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-105.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 105.003","heading":"USE OF FEDERAL WRITE-IN ABSENTEE BALLOT FOR ELECTIONS FOR FEDERAL OFFICE.","body":"The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures to allow a voter who qualifies to vote by a federal write-in absentee ballot to vote through use of a federal write-in absentee ballot in:\n(1) any general, special, primary, or runoff election for federal office; or\n(2) an election for any office for which balloting materials may be sent under Section 101.104.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 566, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1318 (S.B. 100), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 7. EARLY VOTING","SUBTITLE B. SPECIAL FORMS OF EARLY VOTING","CHAPTER 105. VOTING BY MILITARY PERSONNEL OR OTHER PERSONS OVERSEAS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.105.htm#105.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"afc404a292dde7870886e15fa769b290ca8c58497838fc15d3e57ea8585d851d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-105.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-105.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}