Tex. Election Code § 102.001

This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 102.001, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.

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§ 102.001. ELIGIBILITY.

Official statutory text

(a) A qualified voter is eligible to vote a late ballot as provided by this chapter if the voter has a sickness or physical condition described by Section 82.002 that originates on or after the day before the last day for submitting an application for a ballot to be voted by mail.

(b) In this chapter, "late ballot" means a ballot voted under this chapter.

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