Tex. Election Code § 113.005
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 113.005, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 113.005. PERSONAL APPEARANCE VOTING; PROCESSING RESULTS.
Official statutory text
(a) On submission of an application for a presidential ballot to be voted by personal appearance, the early voting clerk shall review the application and verify the applicant's registration status in accordance with the procedure applicable to early voting by mail.
(b) The personal appearance voting shall be conducted with the balloting materials for early voting by mail.
(c) The voter must mark and seal the ballot in the same manner as if voting by mail except that the certificate on the carrier envelope need not be completed.
(d) On sealing the carrier envelope, the voter must give it to the clerk, who shall note on the envelope that the ballot is a presidential ballot.
(e) The results of voting a presidential ballot by personal appearance shall be processed in accordance with the procedures applicable to processing early voting ballots voted by mail.
(b) The personal appearance voting shall be conducted with the balloting materials for early voting by mail.
(c) The voter must mark and seal the ballot in the same manner as if voting by mail except that the certificate on the carrier envelope need not be completed.
(d) On sealing the carrier envelope, the voter must give it to the clerk, who shall note on the envelope that the ballot is a presidential ballot.
(e) The results of voting a presidential ballot by personal appearance shall be processed in accordance with the procedures applicable to processing early voting ballots voted by mail.
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