Texas Mail Ballot Application Deadline Is Today: Receipt by County Controls, Not Postmark
Texas voters face a hard deadline today, October 23, to apply for a mail ballot for the November 3 general election. Unlike in many states, timeliness in Texas is measured by when the county early-voting clerk receives the application — a postmark dated October 23 is not enough.
Voters who submit a regular application by email or fax face an extra step: the mailed paper original must reach the county by October 29.
In Travis County, home to Austin, about 940,000 voters are registered and roughly 27,000 mail-ballot applications have been received. Early voting runs October 19 to 30 at 44 sites open daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. County Clerk Dyana Limon-Mercado's office administers the county's elections. Election Day is November 3.
Source: GSM·America
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Photo: 图：美国选票投递箱。经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: a ballot drop box in the United States, via Wikimedia Commons.
