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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas allows voters with disabilities to use an accessible electronic absentee ballot system and receive balloting materials by email
Last action · March 11, 2025: Referred to ElectionsSponsor: John Bucy
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas creates an accessible electronic absentee ballot system and permits voters voting by mail due to a disability or under military and overseas voting laws to request and receive their balloting materials by email. The bill mandates that returned voted ballots must still be sent back by mail and establishes a September 1, 2025 effective date.
Voters qualifying for mail-in ballots due to a disability gain the option to mark their ballots electronically using specialized software and receive election materials via email, while their submitted email addresses are legally protected from public records disclosure.
- The Election Code governs voting procedures, ballot access, and election administration throughout the State of Texas. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Voters with disabilities
Voters eligible for mail-in ballots due to a disability gain the ability to use an electronic accessible ballot system and receive balloting materials by email.
Early voting clerks
Early voting clerks must process email requests for balloting materials, maintain email confidentiality, and hold ballot envelopes until return deadlines pass.
Secretary of State
The secretary of state is required to adopt rules, prescribe procedures for implementation, authorize electronic transmission formats, and provide retransmission protocols.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Mar 11, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Elections
- Mar 11, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Nov 21, 2024HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Introduction of Electronic Transmission for Mail Ballots
The bill transitions certain aspects of absentee voting for disabled voters from purely physical mail distribution to electronic email transmission, while maintaining traditional postal return requirements.
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Sources
capitol.texas.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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