Important Deadlines (click here)
- Voter Registration Form: Postmarked 30 days before the election
- Absentee Ballot Application: Received by the close of business on the 9th day before the election (however, it must be a weekday, so it will actually be the 2nd Friday before an election for most elections)
- Voted Absentee Ballot: Received by 7:00 pm on Election Day...
...Make sure you're eligible to vote by absentee ballot
You may vote absentee in Texas if you are:
- going to be away from your county on election day and during early voting;
- sick or disabled;
- 65 years of age or older on election day; or
- confined in jail, but eligible to vote.... Oh?
Do I need to provide ID when I vote by absentee ballot in Texas?
You do not need to provide ID if you have already voted at least once in Texas. If you are a first time voter and you did not put your drivers license number or Social Security number on your voter registration form then you must include a copy of one of the following forms of Photo ID with your absentee ballot application:
- Texas Driver License issued by Texas DPS
- Texas Election Identification Certificate (EIC) issued by DPS
- Texas Personal Identification Card issued by DPS
- Texas Concealed Handgun License issued by DPS
- U.S. Military ID card containing your photograph
- U.S. Citizenship Certificate containing your photograph
- U.S. Passport
(All documents except the U.S. citizenship certificate must be current or no more than 60 days expired.)
NOTE: If you are disabled, in the military, or living overseas, you are NOT required to include a copy of your identification. However, you must complete and return a special form to that effect, which your Texas County Elections Office should mail to you.
Excuse me, but, if absentee ballots don't need a Voter ID after voting one time, what is this all about? The voter ID is unconstitutional because it is not enforced in all cases.
No one class of people can have more rights than another. Voter IDs are a burden to most people. But, the person filing an absentee ballot doesn't have that burden. That cannot be. If the State of Texas demanded a photocopy of a SELECTIVE ID with every absentee ballot, the ID becomes more of a burden because it takes money to purchase a photocopy of a photo ID and/or money uncured when making a photo ID at work to avoid personal cost. If an employer has 'no personal use' of photo copy machine a voter is placing their employment in peril to comply with state law for an absentee ballot. The demands are unequal. That is unconstitutional.
AND, if sending in an photo copy of an ID on an absentee ballot for the first time, how do they know it is you? Most of the IDs above have a copy within DPS. But, IDs can be tampered with.
It is time to order your absentee ballot and forget about the lines!
VOTE ABSENTEE, start now! No ID required!
Let's do this thing!
Excuse me, but, if absentee ballots don't need a Voter ID after voting one time, what is this all about? The voter ID is unconstitutional because it is not enforced in all cases.
No one class of people can have more rights than another. Voter IDs are a burden to most people. But, the person filing an absentee ballot doesn't have that burden. That cannot be. If the State of Texas demanded a photocopy of a SELECTIVE ID with every absentee ballot, the ID becomes more of a burden because it takes money to purchase a photocopy of a photo ID and/or money uncured when making a photo ID at work to avoid personal cost. If an employer has 'no personal use' of photo copy machine a voter is placing their employment in peril to comply with state law for an absentee ballot. The demands are unequal. That is unconstitutional.
AND, if sending in an photo copy of an ID on an absentee ballot for the first time, how do they know it is you? Most of the IDs above have a copy within DPS. But, IDs can be tampered with.
It is time to order your absentee ballot and forget about the lines!
VOTE ABSENTEE, start now! No ID required!
Let's do this thing!
