BALLOT BY MAIL

​Ballot by Mail Applications begins January 1, 2018. If you are a registered voter of Galveston County, you may be able to vote by mail if any of the following conditions would prevent you from going to the polls.
Expected absence from the County during both the early voting period and on Election Day.
(The ballot must be mailed to an address outside the county.)
Disability
65 years of age or older
Confinement in jail and not finally convicted of a felony
You must make a written request for a ballot by mail. In applying, you must:
State the address at which you are registered to vote.
Give one of the reasons listed above for requesting a ballot.
Provide the address to which you want the ballot mailed. If the ballot is not being mailed outside the County, nor to the address at which you are registered, then you must provide a description of that such as nursing home, hospital, etc.
You must sign the application
Applications for Ballot by Mail may be submitted any time after January 1 of each year. Applications must be received by this office no later than the 11th day before Election Day. All voted ballots that are returned on or before Election Day will be counted. Voted ballots received not later than 5:00 p.m. on the day after the election will also be counted if mailed before Election Day. Ballots received on the day after an election must be clearly postmarked on or before Election Day. Voted ballots mailed from outside the United States may be counted if clearly postmarked on or before Election Day and received by the Elections Administrator not later than the fifth day after Election Day. Persons who are applying for a Ballot by Mail based upon age or disability may now make an annual application that will entitle them to receive a ballot in all elections conducted by the Fort Bend County Elections Administrator and in which they are entitled to vote. All applications must be signed.
Applications may be submitted by mail, fax, or as an email attachment. If the application is submitted by fax or email, the applicant must also submit the ORIGINAL application BY MAIL not later than the 4th business day after submitting the faxed or emailed application.
Applications may be submitted by mail, fax, or as an email attachment. All applications must be signed. To submit by email and for more information visit: http://www.galvestonvotes.org/Reso…/Ballots_By_Mail_FAQ.html
By mail:
Attn: Ballots by Mail
C/O Dwight Sullivan
Galveston County Clerk
P. O. Box 17253
Galveston, TX 77552-7253
By Fax:
(409) 765-3249 (Please put Attention Ballots by Mail on the cover sheet)