Relating to the deadline for an early voting ballot board to determine whether to accept voters' ballots.

HB 1854 sets a 10th-day deadline after an election for early voting ballot boards to verify and count provisional ballots and determine whether to accept mail ballots. It also requires boards to send written rejection notices to voters (via mail or email if the ballot was sent electronically) by the same 10th-day deadline. The bill directly affects voters who submit mail-in or provisional ballots and the early voting ballot boards processing these ballots. These changes to Texas Election Code sections take effect September 1, 2025.