TEAM Voter History Codes

The sections below show the association of TEAM codes used for recording mail ballot, early voting, and provisional ballot events in Voter Focus. These codes are included in the Voter History Data file that is exported from Voter Focus for upload to TEAM.

Note: To review the TEAM codes that are related to voter registration and voter maintenance and are applied during the export of voter data for TEAM, see TEAM Event Types, Cancellation Codes, and Change Codes.
TEAM Code TEAM Description Voter Focus Method What's Included in the Export?
BM By Mail By Mail
  • History type code (see below)
  • If applicable, reason code (see below)
  • Date of request/ballot activity
  • Ballot type (accepted ballots only)
  • Party code (for primary elections only)
  • Polling place name of Early
  • Returned envelope ID (for mailed ballots only)
ED Election Day Election Day
  • History type code (see below)
  • Date voted
  • Party code (for primary elections only)
  • Polling place name of Election Day
  • Polling placed type (Fee Type code)
    • Note:
    • A Fee Type of 0 in Voter Focus translates to a value of 2 in the exported file.
    • A Fee Type of 1 or 2 in Voter Focus translates to a value of 1 in the exported file.
EV Early Voting in Person Early Vote
  • History type code (see below)
  • Date voted
  • Party code (for primary elections only)
  • Polling place name of Early
  • Polling place type (Fee Type code)
    • Note:
    • A Fee Type of 0 in Voter Focus translates to a value of 2 in the exported file.
    • A Fee Type of 1 or 2 in Voter Focus translates to a value of 1 in the exported file.
TEAM Code TEAM Description For Voting Method Additional
AA Absentee ballot request accepted BM

Mail in (ABBM) reasons:

  • CON — Confined in jail
  • DIS — Disabled or Expected to give birth within three weeks before or after Election Day
  • OOC — Out of County
  • Over 65 — Is 65 or older
AB Absentee ballot received BM  
AC Absentee ballot canceled by voter BM  
AF Absentee ballot requested by FPCA BM

Mail in (ABBM) reasons:

  • CON — Confined in jail
  • DIS — Disabled or Expected to give birth within three weeks before or after Election Day
  • OOC — Out of County
  • Over 65 — Is 65 or older
AM Absentee ballot mailed BM  
AR Absentee ballot request received BM

Mail in (ABBM) reasons:

  • CON — Confined in jail
  • DIS — Disabled or Expected to give birth within three weeks before or after Election Day
  • OOC — Out of County
  • Over 65 — Is 65 or older
AV Absentee ballot accepted BM

Ballot types:

  • 1 — Full. A normal absentee ballot.
  • 2 — Federal Only. Only for FPCA Voters who have an affirmation reason of I am a U.S. Citizen residing outside the United States, and my return is not certain.
  • 3 — Limited. Ballots for voters who moved from one Texascounty to another and are registered and eligible to vote in the former county, but their voter registration in the new county will not be effective by election day.
AX

Absentee ballot rejected

 BM

Ballot rejection reasons:

  • See Ballot Rejection Codes below.
AZ

Absentee ballot request rejected

 BM

ABBM rejection reasons:

  • See ABBM Rejection Codes below.
ED Election day ballot accepted ED  
EV Early voting ballot accepted EV  
PB Provisional ballot accepted EV, ED

Provisional ballot acceptance reasons:

  • See Provisional Ballot Acceptance IDs below.
PD Election day provisional ballot received ED  
PE Early provisional ballot received EV  
PX Provisional ballot rejected EV, ED

Provisional ballot rejection reasons:

  • See Provisional Ballot Rejection Codes below.
RB

Absentee ballots returned (by Post Office)

Note: Ballots that are returned undeliverable.

 BM

Mail in returned (undeliverable) reasons:

  • See Mail In Returned Codes below.

For the BM voting method, the history type codes are ordered in the exported Voter History Data file as follows:

1st. ABBM Request Code — AF, AR, AZ

2nd. Mailed Ballot Code — AM

3rd. Received Ballot Code — AB

4th. Ballot Status Code — AC, AV, AX, RB

TEAM Code TEAM Description Voter Focus Reason
AG Not 65 Years of Age or Older Not 65 Years of Age or Older
IC Received For In-County Address Address Within County
IE Indeterminate Election Election Selection Unclear
IM Invalid Mailing Address Invalid Mailing Address
IS

Application DL/SSN# Does Not Match Voter Registration Record

or

Application Does Not Contain DL/SSN #

Online Cure Available - Application DL/SSN # Does Not Match Voter Registration

or

Online Cure Available - Application Does Not Contain DL/SSN #
JAILB Invalid Jail/Relative Address Jail - No Address
MA No Address of Registration No Residence Address
MR No by Mail Reason No Reason
ND Not Properly Delivered Not Properly Delivered
NP No Primary Party Choice No Party
NS No Signature No Signature
NT No TDL/SSN on VR Record Voter Registration Record Does Not Have DL/SSN#
TE Received 60 Days Before Election Day Received Earlier than 60 Days of Jan/Feb Election
TL Not Received Before Deadline Received After Deadline to Apply
VR Voter Is Not Registered Not Registered
WA No Printed Name or Address of Witness Incomplete Witness Info: Address or Printed Name
WM Didn’t Indicate Mark Incomplete Witness Info: Unable to Make Mark
WR No Witness Relationship Incomplete Witness Info: Relationship
TEAM Code TEAM Description Voter Focus Reason
AA Assistant Residence Address not Given Assistant Residence Address Not Given
AFC Assistant Failed to Indicate Compensation Assistant Failed to Indicate Compensation
AN Assistant Failed to Print their Name Assistant Failed to Print their Name
ANPB Address on SOR Not Within Political Boundaries Address on SOR Not Within Political Boundaries
AS Assistant Failed to Sign their Name Assistant Failed to Sign their Name
DP Deceased Prior to Postmark/Receipt Deceased Prior to Postmark/Receipt
ENPD Envelope Not Properly Delivered to EC Envelope Not Properly Delivered to EC
EVBIS SVC/EVBB - Incorrect/Missing SSN/TDL/Online Cure Available SVC/EVBB - Incorrect/Missing SSN/TDL/Online Cure Available
EVBISR SVC/EVBB - Incorrect/Missing SSN/TDL/Envelope Returned to Voter SVC/EVBB - Incorrect/Missing SSN/TDL/Envelope Returned to Voter
EVBMN SVC/EVBB - Signatures Not Matching/Voter Notified-Ballot Retained SVC/EVBB - Signatures Not Matching/Voter Notified-Ballot Retained
EVBMR SVC/EVBB - Signatures Not Matching/Envelope Returned to Voter SVC/EVBB - Signatures Not Matching/Envelope Returned to Voter
EVBRN SVC/EVBB - Statement of Residence Not Included/Voter Notified-Ballot Retained SVC/EVBB - Statement of Residence Not Included/Voter Notified-Ballot Retained
EVBRR SVC/EVBB - Statement of Residence Not Included/Envelope Returned to Voter SVC/EVBB - Statement of Residence Not Included/Envelope Returned to Voter
EVBSN SVC/EVBB - Carrier Envelope Not Signed/Voter Notified-Ballot Retained SVC/EVBB - Carrier Envelope Not Signed/Voter Notified-Ballot Retained
EVBSR SVC/EVBB - Carrier Envelope Not Signed/Envelope Returned To Voter SVC/EVBB - Carrier Envelope Not Signed/Envelope Returned To Voter
EVBWN SVC/EVBB - Incomplete Witness Information/Voter Notified-Ballot Retained SVC/EVBB - Incomplete Witness Information/Voter Notified-Ballot Retained
EVBWR SVC/EVBB - Incomplete Witness Information/Envelope Returned to Voter SVC/EVBB - Incomplete Witness Information/Envelope Returned to Voter
EVCAN Defect by EVC - Incomplete Assistant Information/Voter Notified-Ballot Retained Defect by EVC - Incomplete Assistant Information/Voter Notified-Ballot Retained
EVCAR Defect by EVC - Incomplete Assistant Information/Envelope Returned to Voter Defect by EVC - Incomplete Assistant Information/Envelope Returned to Voter
EVCIS Defect by EVC - Incorrect/Missing SSN/TDL/Online Cure Available Defect by EVC - Incorrect/Missing SSN/TDL/Online Cure Available
EVCSN Defect by EVC - Carrier Envelope Not Signed/Voter Notified-Ballot Retained Defect by EVC - Carrier Envelope Not Signed/Voter Notified-Ballot Retained
EVCSR Defect by EVC - Carrier Envelope Not Signed/Envelope Returned to Voter Defect by EVC - Carrier Envelope Not Signed/Envelope Returned to Voter
EVCWN Defect by EVC - Incomplete Witness Information/Voter Notified-Ballot Retained Defect by EVC - Incomplete Witness Information/Voter Notified-Ballot Retained
EVCWR Defect by EVC - Incomplete Witness Information/Envelope Returned to Voter Defect by EVC - Incomplete Witness Information/Envelope Returned to Voter
IM Witness Failed to Indicate Unable to Make Mark Witness Failed to Indicate Unable to Make Mark
IR Witness Residence Address Not Given Witness Residence Address Not Given
IS Wrong/Blank SSN/DL-Correction Avail Wrong/Blank SSN/DL-Correction Avail
ISF Incorrect or Missing SSN/TDL #-Final Rejection Incorrect or Missing SSN/TDL #-Final Rejection
LT Ballot Not Corrected W/I Cure Period Ballot Not Corrected W/I Cure Period
MA Mailing Address Did Not Match VR Mailing Address Address Does Not Match Address on Record
NE Non-matching Application and Envelope Signatures Mismatch Signatures
NI No Identification Included No ID Provided
NL No Legal Ground for Voting by Mail No Legal Grounds For Ballot
NM No Signature or Mark No Signature on Carrier Envelope
NV No Voter Registration Not Registered
OC Ballot Mail to Address Not Outside the County Address Within County
SR Statement of Residence Not Included No Statement of Residence
VR Mailing Address Mailing Address
WI Witness Information Incomplete Witness Failed to Sign Name
WI4 Witness Information Incomplete Residence Address of the Witness Was Not Given
WPN Witness Failed to Print Name Witness Failed to Print Name

The following mail in returned codes that can be selected on the Return Special Ballot dialog are appended to the line entries for voter history type code RB (returned ballots that are undeliverable).

TEAM Code TEAM Description Voter Focus Reason
DCA Delivered from a Candidate's Address Delivered from a Candidate's Address
DEER Delivered from an Election Requesting Entity Delivered from an Election Requesting Entity
DPC Delivered from a Political Committee Delivered from a Political Committee
DPPC Delivered from a Political Party or Candidate Delivered from a Political Party or Candidate
ERTN Carrier Envelope Returned by Post Office Carrier Envelope Returned by Post Office
LT Ballot Received After Deadline Ballot Received After Deadline
HAND Improperly Delivery/Delivered by Hand Improperly Delivery/Delivered by Hand
NPR The Carrier Did Not Provide a Receipt The Carrier Did Not Provide a Receipt
NR Not Returned in the Official Carrier Envelope Not Returned in the Official Carrier Envelope
POST Undeliverable by Post Office Undeliverable by Post Office
RCE Returned with Other Carrier Envelopes Returned with Other Carrier Envelopes
TEAM Code TEAM Description Voter Focus Reason (Investigation Conclusion)
AV Already Voted Voter already voted.
IMID Improper or No identification or No Exemption Claimed

Voter did not satisfy identification or affidavit requirements, listed in categories 1-4 above, within 6 days of election day.
IP Incorrect Precinct Voter is not registered to vote in political subdivision.
NPS Not in the Political Subdivision

Voter on list of registered voters, but residence address is outside the political subdivision.
NVR No Voter Registration or Not Registered in Time Not a registered voter or registration not effective in time for this election.
ID Voter Focus Reason (Investigation Conclusion)
1 Voter presented acceptable form of identification or a supporting form of identification and executed a Reasonable Impediment Declaration within 6 days of election day
2

Voter met disability exemption within 6 days of election day
3 Voter executed religious objection affidavit within 6 days of election day
4

Voter executed natural disaster affidavit within 6 days of election day
9 Information on file indicating applicant completed a voter registration application, but it was never received in the voter registrar’s office
10 Voter erroneously removed from the list
14 Other (please explain)