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Mail Ballot Information


HOW SHOULD VOTERS RETURN THEIR MAIL BALLOT

Your mail ballot MUST be returned to the Harris County Clerk's Office Elections Department in the official envelopes provided to you.

It may be returned in any of the following manners:

Regular residential mail via United States Postal Service;

• Ballot must be postmarked by 7 PM on Election Day and must be received in the Harris County Clerk's Office Elections Department  by 5 PM on the next business day after Election Day.

In-person drop off at TBD on Election Day ONLY from 7 AM – 7 PM.

• You must present an acceptable form of photo identification.

• If a voter does not possess and cannot reasonably obtain an acceptable form of photo identification, the voter may show a List B identification and complete a Reasonable Impediment Declaration (RID).

• Only the voter may deliver their Mail Ballot in-person

Common or contract carrier; such as personal courier, or FedEx or UPS, or other contracted mail service

• Ballot must be received by 7 PM on Election Day

• If the carrier provides receipt mark indicating a time before 7 PM on Election Day, it may be received by 5 PM on the first mail delivery day after Election Day.