Undeliverable BBMs

• they want their annual application for a ballot by mail to be cancelled.

2) The voter can fill out a Request to Cancel Ballot form at the polling location indicating:

• They are surrendering their ballot, have received notice that their ballot was improperly delivered, or are presenting notice of a surrendered ballot; or

• They do not have possession of their ballot, notice of improper delivery, or notice of a surrendered ballot and they wish to vote in person. This voter will vote provisionally.

If the EV clerk cancels an application from a person to whom a mail ballot has been sent, the clerk must remove the applicant’s name from the EV roster and take any other record keeping actions to prevent the ballot from being counted if returned.326 This requirement requires attention to detail and proper documentation for recordkeeping and reconciliation purposes.

For returned ballots, if a mail ballot from a voter with a canceled application is returned to the EV clerk as a marked ballot, the ballot will be treated as a marked ballot but not timely returned.327 The EV clerk must notify the attorney general of cancellation requests received, including certified copies of cancellation requests, applications, and carrier envelopes, within 30 days after election day.328

FAD reviewed records regarding BBMs that were recorded as having been returned undeliverable. These BBMs had been mailed to the voter, yet did not reach the voter and were returned to the county.

Source County Number of Ballots Coded as Returned Undeliverable

Undeliverable BBMs Collin County

12 – Ballot by Mail Voter Roster Dallas County

101

240

326 Tex. Elec. Code § 84.035 (a). 327 Tex. Elec. Code § 84.036. 328 Tex. Elec. Code § 84.037 (b).