Bill Text: TX HB1366 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the method of returning a ballot to be voted by mail.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-27 - Referred to Elections [HB1366 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB1366-Introduced.html

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86R9198 SRS-D
By: Rosenthal H.B. No. 1366

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the method of returning a ballot to be voted by mail.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 86.006, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a-1) and adding Subsection (a-2) to read as
follows:
(a-1) The voter may deliver a marked ballot in person to:
(1) the early voting clerk's office only while the
polls are open on election day; or
(2) a polling place while polls are open during the
early voting period or on election day.
(a-2) A voter who delivers a marked ballot in person under
Subsection (a-1) must present an acceptable form of identification
described by Section 63.0101.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.