Sec. 81.001.  EARLY VOTING REQUIRED.  (a)  In each election in this state, early voting shall be conducted by personal appearance at an early voting polling place and by mail.
(b)  A reference in a law outside this code to "absentee voting" means "early voting."
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.03;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.