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Application for Election by Mail

The beginning day for the Ballot's Part to receive an Annual Regular or FPCA Ballot by Postal service Awarding for all 2022 Elections is: Jan one, 2022

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  • Know your rights

To vote by mail, you must outset apply for a ballot. The Dallas Canton Elections office does non send out applications or ballots without a specific request from the voter. We must receive your application no later than the close of business organisation 11 days before ballot day for both regular and FPCA applications (per H.B. 1927 law constructive 9/1/2015). If the borderline falls on a weekend, the last day to employ is the preceding Friday. If the deadline falls on a state or federal vacation, the ballot must be received on the preceding business twenty-four hour period.

Electio northward Deadline to Submit Application
March 1-Primary Ballot Friday, February 18, 2022
May 7-Articulation and Ramble Subpoena Election Tuesday, April 26, 2022
May 24-Primary Runoff Friday, May 13, 2022
Nov 8-General Election Friday, Oct 28, 2022

Post your awarding for a ballot to or i f you cull to use a contract carrier, applications tin can exist delivered to:
Michael J Scarpello- Early on Voting Clerk
Dallas County Elections
1520 Round Table Bulldoze
Dallas, Texas 75247

Fax your application for a election to:
Fax: (214)819-6303

E-mail your awarding for a ballot to:
(Must be a scanned application that contains the voter's original signature)
evapplications@dallascounty.org

Effective December 1, 2017: SB 5- Section 84.007, of the Election Code, states the post-obit regarding a Ballot by Mail Application that is submitted via fax or e-mail to our office:

If you are faxing or emailing your Application for Ballot by Mail, please note: The original application (difficult re-create) MUST ALSO Exist submitted by mail and be received by our function no afterwards than the fourth (4th) business mean solar day after the fax and/or email was received.

Nosotros can accept an awarding in person directly from the private voter, 11th  day before Election Day.

Who can vote past post?

You are eligible to vote early past postal service if yous are a registered voter who is:

  • 65 years of age or older
  • Disability (every bit defined in Texas Election Lawmaking 82.002(a))
  • Expected to give nativity within three weeks before or afterwards Election Solar day (Firm Nib 3920 (2021))
  • Civilly Committed Nether 841, Wellness and Safe Code
  • Out of the canton during the entire election including early voting (Must provide an out-of-county accost and the date to brainstorm and the ending engagement of receiving mail at this address. This application is but expert for one election and runoff.)
  • Bars in Jail or Involuntary Civil Commitment (You may simply apply for a ballot for ane election and any resulting runoff)
  • Part of the Attorney General Address Confidentiality Program

Who can employ the Federal Postcard Application (FPCA) and why?

  • Active duty military, spouses, and dependents (voting from outside the abode Texas county)
  • U. S. Citizens (nonmilitary) temporarily overseas* away from the domicile Texas county
  • U. S. Citizens (nonmilitary) permanently overseas* away from the (previous) home Texas canton
  • A member of the National Baby-sit or Dependent (as defined in Texas Election Code 82 and 101)

* Federal law defines "overseas" as anywhere outside the U.s.a.. If yous are not one of these voters, you lot demand the regular early voting by mail application.
FPCA Application Information
FPCA Application Form

Military and overseas citizens should use the Federal Postcard Application (FPCA).

 H.B. 1927 law effective ix/1/2015, allows an application to be submitted throughout the calendar year start January 1st or 60 days before an election if the election is held in January or Feb of a calendar year. Besides, the borderline for applications is no after than the close of business organization 11 days before election 24-hour interval for both regular and FPCA applications. If the deadline falls on a weekend, the last day to utilize is the preceding Fri. If the borderline falls on a state or federal holiday, the ballot must be received on the preceding business day. Please call our part at 214-819-6359, if y'all take any questions concerning your application.

  • You exercise not have to use a formal application; however, an informal application must be in writing and include:
  • your signature (or a witness' signature if yous cannot sign);
  • your name and the address at which you are registered to vote;
  • the address to which the ballot is to be mailed;
  • the election appointment and for which election you are requesting a ballot (for a main election, you must state the political political party's primary (Republican or Democratic) in which you wish to vote); and,
  • a reason why you are eligible to vote early on by mail and if you are a registered voter who is:
    • 65 years of age or older
    • Disability (equally defined in Texas Election Code 82.002(a))
    • Expected to give birth within 3 weeks earlier or after Ballot Day (Business firm Pecker 3920 (2021))
    • Civilly Committed Nether 841, Wellness and Safe Code
    • Out of the county during the unabridged election including early voting (Must provide an out-of-county address and the date to begin and the ending engagement of receiving mail at this address. This awarding is just good for one election and runoff.)
    • Confined in Jail or Involuntary Civil Commitment (Y'all may just apply for a election for 1 election and any resulting runoff)
    • Office of the Attorney General Accost Confidentiality Plan

Means to Deliver your Election

  • Past Mail through the United States Mail service
  • By Common or Contract Carrier (e.m., a mail service or courier service provided by a private business, not the U.S. Postal Service).
    • Special Rules for Commitment past Mutual and Contract Carriers (§§ 81.005 and 86.006, Texas Election Code)
      1. If you use a common or contract carrier to return your ballot, the carrier must be a business whose primary service is transporting or delivering items.
      2. If y'all return your carrier envelope by common or contract carrier, your carrier envelope must be accompanied by a delivery receipt when delivered to the early voting clerk. The receipt must indicate the name and address of the person who delivered the carrier envelope to the mutual or contract carrier, and the date, hour, and accost where the carrier envelope was received by the mutual or contract carrier.
      3. Your election will not be counted if information technology is picked upward by a common or contract carrier at an part of a political party or candidate in the ballot, office for a specific purpose or full general-purpose political commission involved in the election, an entity that requested the ballot be held (unless the commitment is forwarding to the early voting clerk), or a candidate's house unless the address of the candidate is your address. If yous take whatsoever questions about returning your carrier envelope, please contact the early voting clerk's office at (214) 819-6359. If yous experience that your voting rights accept been violated or abused, you may report these incidents to the Secretary of Country toll-free at 1-800-252-VOTE(8683) or elec ti ons@sos.texas.gov .
  • Manus-delivered must exist received past the early voting clerk by vii:00 pm on Election Solar day
    • The voter volition be asked to present an acceptable class of photo ID listed in Section 63.0101(a) of the Texas Election Lawmaking. If the voter does non possess and cannot reasonably obtain an adequate form of photograph ID, the voter can execute a Reasonable Impediment Declaration and provide a supporting course of identification listed in Section 63.0101(b) of the Texas Election Lawmaking. Also, if the voter has a Voter Registration Certificate containing the Disability Exemption (E) notation, the voter may present it. The voter will likewise exist asked to sign a signature roster.

To the address listed below:
Michael J Scarpello- Early Voting Clerk
Dallas County Elections Department
1520 Round Table Drive
Dallas, Texas 75247

What is the Deadline to return my Ballot past Postal service?

  1. A ballot that is mailed or delivered by a common or contract carrier but does not have a postmark or delivery receipt must be received by the early voting clerk by 7:00 pm on Election 24-hour interval.
  2. A election that is mailed or delivered by mail or common or contract carrier from within the The states and is postmarked or accompanied past a commitment receipt showing the voter submitted the election for delivery by 7:00 pm on Election Day must arrive by v:00 pm on the side by side business day after Election 24-hour interval.
  3. A election that is hand-delivered must be received by the early on voting clerk past vii:00 pm on Election Day.
  4. A ballot that is mailed from overseas and is postmarked or accompanied by a delivery receipt showing the voter submitted the ballot for delivery by 7:00 pm on Ballot Day must make it by 5:00 pm on the 5th day later on Election Mean solar day (or the side by side business concern day after the 5th day afterward Election Twenty-four hours, if the fifth day falls on a weekend or vacation).

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This website is for informational purposes only. While nosotros endeavor to provide timely and accurate information, we brand no guarantees. This material has been compiled from various sources. For additional questions, please contact the Dallas County Elections Section at (469) 627-8683.