Texas Election Code

§ 65.054 — ACCEPTING PROVISIONAL BALLOT

EL § 65.054Title 6. CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS · Ch. 65. COUNTING VOTES AND PREPARING RETURNS · Art. B. VERIFICATION AND COUNTING OF PROVISIONAL BALLOTS

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(a)The early voting ballot board shall examine each affidavit executed under Section 63.011 and determine whether to accept the provisional ballot of the voter who executed the affidavit.

(b)A provisional ballot shall be accepted if the board determines that:

(1)from the information in the affidavit or contained in public records, the person is eligible to vote in the election and has not previously voted in that election;

(2)the person:

(A)meets the identification requirements of Section 63.001(b) at the time the ballot was cast or in the period prescribed under Section 65.0541;

(B)notwithstanding Chapter 110, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, executes an affidavit under penalty of perjury that states the voter has a religious objection to being photographed and the voter has consistently refused to be photographed for any governmental purpose from the time the voter has held this belief; or

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Legislative history

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1078 (H.B. 2823), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 123 (S.B. 14), Sec. 17, eff. January 1, 2012.