In Texas, voters who are 65 years of age or older or are disabled may submit an annual ballot by mail application to the early voting clerk starting on the first day of a calendar year.

Temporarily disabled voters may submit a ballot by mail application for a specific election at any time in the year of the election for which a ballot is requested, but not later than the close of regular business in the early voting clerk's office or 12 noon, whichever is later, on the 11th day before election day unless that day is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal state or national holiday, in which case the last day is the first preceding regular business day. Eligible applicants will receive a ballot in the mail and must return it to the early voting clerk. The voted ballot must be delivered to the Harris County Clerk's Office Elections Department via mail, or common or contract courier by 7 p.m. on Election Day.

If a voter is physically unable to enter the Vote Center, he or she may ask that an election officer to bring a ballot to a car parked at the curbside voting location.

A special curbside buzzer will be placed near the entrance of the vote center, so a curbside voter may ring the buzzer from their car.After the voter marks the ballot, they will give it to the election officer, who will put it in the ballot box. Or, at the voter’s request, a companion may hand the voter a ballot and deposit it for him or her.  Voting curbside will not shorten the time at the Vote Center, as curbside voters are voted as their place in line arrives to the qualification table.

If you have any questions regarding Curbside Voting, you may contact the Elections office at 713-755-6965.

The voting equipment affords voters with disabilities the capability to vote independently and privately at the Vote Center during the Early Voting Period or on Election Day.  

The voting equipment is pre-equipped with two large buttons as an accessibility aid to voters whose tactile skills do not lend easily to operating embedded buttons. The jack into which these tactile inputs are plugged is a standard 3.5mm jack, allowing voters who prefer to provide their own input device (such as a sip/puff device) to do so. Also available to the voter are a pair of standard headphones, or the option to plug in their own headphones, through which all operations will be narrated. This allows a voter with vision impairments to navigate the voting equipment without assistance from a third party.

Pursuant to Section 63.0015, Texas Election Code: An election officer shall give voting order priority to individuals with a mobility problem that substantially impairs the person’s ability to move around.

Voters who wish to be given voting order priority, and be accepted for voting before others in line to vote at that Vote Center may indicate this to any election officer serving at the Vote Center.

NOTICE OF VOTING ORDER PRIORITY FOR VOTERS WITH CERTAIN DISABILITIES