Texas Election Code

§ 86.015 — ELECTRONIC TRACKING OF APPLICATION FOR BALLOT VOTED BY MAIL OR BALLOT VOTED BY MAIL

EL § 86.015Title 7. EARLY VOTING · Part A. EARLY VOTING · Ch. 86. CONDUCT OF VOTING BY MAIL

Statute text

(a)The secretary of state shall develop or otherwise provide an online tool to each early voting clerk on the secretary's Internet website and on the county's Internet website if the early voting clerk is the county clerk of a county that maintains an Internet website that enables a person who submits an application for a ballot to be voted by mail to:

(1)track the location and status of the person's application and ballot; and

(2)receive notice of and, if possible, correct a defect in the person's application and ballot under Sections 86.008(c-1), 86.011(j), 87.0271(e-1), and 87.0411(e-1).

(b)The online tool developed or provided under Subsection (a) must require the voter to provide, before permitting the voter to access information described by that subsection:

(1)the voter's name and date of birth and the last four digits of the voter's social security number; and

(2)the voter's:

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Legislative history

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 1), Sec. 5.10, eff. December 2, 2021. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 799 (H.B. 357), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1167 (S.B. 1599), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 80 (S.B. 2964), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.