{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-162.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 162.005","heading":"AFFILIATION PROCEDURE: EARLY VOTING BY MAIL.","body":"Subject to Section 162.004(a-1), the early voting clerk in a general primary election shall provide an affiliation certificate with each early voting or limited ballot to be voted by mail. The certificate is not required to be provided to an applicant for a runoff primary ballot unless the applicant requests it.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.63; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 34, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1131 (H.B. 2640), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 10. POLITICAL PARTIES","SUBTITLE A. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 162. REGULATING PARTICIPATION IN PARTY AFFAIRS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.162.htm#162.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"c6be91ef94d503bfa1055116040e824abb33612eb53fae9933769c4b92f1d0a6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-162.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-162.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}