Bill Text: TX HB1819 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to including the qualifications for voting early by mail on the ground of disability on certain early voting by mail materials.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-05 - Referred to Elections [HB1819 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1819-Introduced.html
86R9111 SRS-D | ||
By: Dean | H.B. No. 1819 |
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relating to including the qualifications for voting early by mail | ||
on the ground of disability on certain early voting by mail | ||
materials. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 52.005, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 52.005. BALLOT CONTENT DETERMINED ACCORDING TO | ||
PRECINCT. Except as provided by Section 52.009, the [ |
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for an election precinct may contain only those offices and | ||
propositions stating measures on which the qualified voters of the | ||
precinct are entitled to vote. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 52, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 52.009 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 52.009. BALLOT FOR VOTING BY MAIL. A ballot to be | ||
voted by mail under Chapter 86 must include a statement describing | ||
the specific circumstances under which a voter may vote early by | ||
mail on the ground of disability as provided by Section 82.002. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 84.011(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The officially prescribed application form for an early | ||
voting ballot must include: | ||
(1) immediately preceding the signature space the | ||
statement: "I certify that the information given in this | ||
application is true, and I understand that giving false information | ||
in this application is a crime."; | ||
(2) a statement informing the applicant of the | ||
offenses prescribed by Sections 84.003 and 84.004; | ||
(3) spaces for entering an applicant's voter | ||
registration number and county election precinct of registration, | ||
with a statement informing the applicant that failure to furnish | ||
that information does not invalidate the application; and | ||
(4) on an application for a ballot to be voted by mail: | ||
(A) a space for an applicant applying on the | ||
ground of absence from the county of residence to indicate the date | ||
on or after which the applicant can receive mail at the address | ||
outside the county; | ||
(B) a space for indicating the fact that an | ||
applicant whose application is signed by a witness cannot make the | ||
applicant's mark and a space for indicating the relationship or | ||
lack of relationship of the witness to the applicant; | ||
(C) a space for entering an applicant's telephone | ||
number, with a statement informing the applicant that failure to | ||
furnish that information does not invalidate the application; | ||
(D) a space or box for an applicant applying on | ||
the ground of age or disability to indicate that the address to | ||
which the ballot is to be mailed is the address of a facility or | ||
relative described by Section 84.002(a)(3), if applicable; | ||
(E) a space or box for an applicant applying on | ||
the ground of confinement in jail to indicate that the address to | ||
which the ballot is to be mailed is the address of a relative | ||
described by Section 84.002(a)(4), if applicable; | ||
(F) a space for an applicant applying on the | ||
ground of age or disability to indicate if the application is an | ||
application under Section 86.0015; | ||
(G) spaces for entering the signature, printed | ||
name, and residence address of any person assisting the applicant; | ||
(H) a statement informing the applicant of the | ||
condition prescribed by Section 81.005; [ |
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(I) a statement informing the applicant of the | ||
requirement prescribed by Section 86.003(c); and | ||
(J) a statement describing the specific | ||
circumstances under which a voter may vote early by mail on the | ||
ground of disability as provided by Section 82.002. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 86.013(d), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(d) The following textual material, as prescribed by the | ||
secretary of state, must be printed on the reverse side of the | ||
official carrier envelope or on a separate sheet accompanying the | ||
carrier envelope when it is provided: | ||
(1) the prohibition prescribed by Section 86.006(b); | ||
(2) the conditions for delivery by common or contract | ||
carrier prescribed by Sections 81.005 and 86.006; | ||
(3) the requirements for the legal execution and | ||
delivery of the carrier envelope, including the prohibition on | ||
compensation for depositing carrier envelopes containing ballots | ||
voted by other persons under Section 86.0052; | ||
(4) the prohibition prescribed by Section 86.006(e); | ||
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(5) the offenses prescribed by Sections 86.006(f) and | ||
86.010(f); and | ||
(6) a statement describing the specific circumstances | ||
under which a voter may vote early by mail on the ground of | ||
disability as provided by Section 82.002. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |