{"id":1300038,"date":"2024-02-22T15:45:19","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T21:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1300038"},"modified":"2024-02-23T16:45:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T22:45:54","slug":"applications-for-mail-in-ballots-due-friday-february-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1300038","title":{"rendered":"Applications for mail-in ballots due Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1300181\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/02\/VOTE1-175x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/02\/VOTE1-175x167.jpg 175w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/02\/VOTE1-210x200.jpg 210w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/02\/VOTE1-368x350.jpg 368w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/02\/VOTE1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>TYLER &#8212; Friday is the deadline to get your applications for mail-in ballots to the Smith County Elections Office. Applications for ballots by mail must be received, not just postmarked, by the Elections Office by 5 p.m. Friday, February 23. The applications can be found\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smith-county.com\/government\/departments\/elections\/voting-by-mail\">here.<\/a> The ballots can be delivered in person to the Elections Office, located at 302 E. Feguson St., by the person applying for a mail-in ballot or by a mail delivery worker and no other person. An application can be faxed to 903-590-4778 or emailed to <a href=\"mailto:scelections@smith-county.com\">scelections@smith-county.com<\/a> by February 23, but the original must be mailed or delivered to the office within four days, before the ballot can be mailed to the voter. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>To be eligible to vote by mail in Texas, you must request a ballot by mail application and:<\/p>\n<p>be 65 years or older (eligible to apply for an annual ballot by mail);<br \/>\nbe disabled (eligible to apply for an annual ballot by mail);<br \/>\nexpected to give birth within three weeks before or after Election Day;<br \/>\nbe out of the county on election day and during the period for early voting by personal appearance; or<br \/>\nbe confined in jail or involuntary civil commitment, but otherwise eligible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; Friday is the deadline to get your applications for mail-in ballots to the Smith County Elections Office. Applications for ballots by mail must be received, not just postmarked, by the Elections Office by 5 p.m. Friday, February 23. The applications can be found\u00c2\u00a0here. The ballots can be delivered in person to the Elections &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1300038\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Applications for mail-in ballots due Friday<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1300041,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/02\/VOTE1-175x167.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Applications for Mail-In Ballots Due Friday, February 23","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1300038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 09:27:29","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/02\/VOTE1-175x167.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Applications for Mail-In Ballots Due Friday, February 23","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1300038"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1300185,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300038\/revisions\/1300185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1300041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1300038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1300038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1300038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}