Application for Ballot by Mail

Application for Ballot by Mail (English)

Application for Ballot by Mail (Spanish)

You may vote early by mail if you are:

• 65 years of age or older on Election Day;
• Disability;
• Expected absence from the county; you will receive a ballot for the upcoming election only. 
• Confined in jail; you will receive a ballot for the upcoming election only.

Applications for a ballot by mail must be submitted to the early voting clerk on or after the 60th day before Election Day and before the close of business on the 11th day before Election Day. If the 11th day is a weekend, the last day to submit an application is the preceding Friday.

If you are voting early by mail, you must send your application by:

• regular mail;
• common or contract carrier;
• email to elections@co.hidalgo.tx.us 
• or FAX (if a FAX machine is available to the early voting clerk and if you are submitting your application from outside the county).
• PLEASE NOTE:  As per Senate Bill 5 (85th Legislature, 1st CS, 2017), effective December 1, 2017, provides that if an ABBM is faxed or emailed or if an FPCA is faxed, then the applicant must submit the ORIGINAL application BY MAIL to the early voting clerk so that receives the original no later than the 4th business day after receiving the emailed or faxed ABBM or faxed FPCA. If the early voting clerk does not receive the original ABBM or FPCA by that deadline, then the emailed or faxed ABBM or faxed FPCA will be considered incomplete, and the early voting clerk may NOT send the applicant a ballot. The early voting clerk must reject the ABBM and FPCA for ballot purposes. 

Exception:

If you are voting early because of expected absence, you may apply in person for a ballot by mail before the first day of early voting in person. The early voting clerk must receive your marked ballot by 7 p.m. on Election Day.

Exception:

If you are mailing your ballot from outside the United States, the early voting clerk must receive your ballot by the fifth day after Election Day. (You must mail it no later than 7 p.m. on Election Day.)

Early voting timeline:

• 60 days before Election Day-first day to submit an early voting by mail application;
• 17 days before Election Day (12 days for May election)-early voting in person begins;
• 11 days before Election Day-last day to submit an application for ballot by mail;
• 4 days before Election Day-early voting in person ends;
• Election Day-marked early ballots by mail must be returned by 7 p.m., unless mailed from outside the United States.

To apply for a ballot by mail, please download and print out the Application for Ballot by Mail. Once application is completed, please mail (only Postal mail can be accepted unless requesting application from out of Hidalgo County) to:

Hilda A. Salinas

Elections Administrator 

Hidalgo County Elections Department

PO Box 659

Edinburg, TX 78540

Application for Ballot by Mail (English)

Application for Ballot by Mail (Spanish)