Does anybody know, regarding mail-in ballots,

[Susan Calvin]

If Texas process has them as received or on Election Day? I'm trying to decide whether to carry mine in or vote in person.

[beachbumbob]

1. If you requested a mail in ballot, stay with it and drop off in person

[Liberal In Texas]

2. The absentee ballots are, essentially, checked-in when they get them. You can

check on-line with your county to see if yours is in the queue. (I have done this. We dropped ours off at the elections office and a couple of days later I checked and it says that they have received our ballots.)

NOW. They aren't opened and counted until the last day of early voting. If they all get counted (and I assume it depends on the number they have to count and the number of people they have been able to hire to do the counting) by Nov. 3 the results will be released at the close of the polls election day.

[Susan Calvin]

3. Thank you. That's a big help to me.

And I wasn't having any luck finding the information by Googling. I'd prefer to vote in person, but I don't trust those machines. Just like I don't trust the mail for my ballot.

[yellowdogintexas]

4. if you are voting in Tarrant, our machines are brand new and won't change your vote

They are also not linked to any internet links

After you do the touch screen selection and the machine prints your ballot, the memory is cleared for the next ballot and you scan your ballot. The scanner and the paper ballots are returned to the county elections office for tallying.

[Susan Calvin]

7. I'm glad to hear

I've been protesting what I call the paperless wonders since they were foisted on us.HAVA was a scam. We have new machines in Fort Bend and I do think they have paper, but I'm not sure of the details of how they work.

[yellowdogintexas]

5. Take your mail in ballot with you as it cuts down on the time it takes to

do the paperwork.

[yellowdogintexas]

6. we have a scanner for the ballots

Our signature verification team is already working; 10,000 ballots have been reviewed, with 36,000 more to go. so far, 75000 have been sent to voters and they are still mailing. The last day applications will be accepted is Ovt 23.