Bill Text: TX HB1927 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the procedures for applying for a ballot to be voted by mail; creating a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-2)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB1927 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1927-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the procedures for applying for a ballot to be voted by mail; creating a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-2)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB1927 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1927-Engrossed.html
By: Bonnen of Galveston, Faircloth, | H.B. No. 1927 | |
Laubenberg, Fallon, Guillen, et al. |
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ting to the application to vote early by mail in more than one | ||
election. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 84, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 84.038 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 84.038. CANCELLATION EFFECTIVE FOR SINGLE ELECTION. | ||
The cancellation of an application for a ballot to be voted by mail | ||
under Section 84.032(c), (d), or (e) is effective for a single | ||
ballot only and does not cancel the application with respect to a | ||
subsequent election, including a subsequent election to which the | ||
same application applies under Section 84.001(e) or 86.0015(b). | ||
SECTION 2. Section 86.0015, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 86.0015. APPLYING FOR MORE THAN ONE ELECTION IN SAME | ||
APPLICATION. (a) This section applies only to an application for | ||
a ballot to be voted by mail that: | ||
(1) indicates [ |
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(2) does not specify the election for which a ballot is | ||
requested. | ||
(b) An application described by Subsection (a) is | ||
considered to be an application for a ballot for each election, | ||
including any ensuing runoff [ |
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(1) in which the applicant is eligible to vote; and | ||
(2) that occurs before the earlier of: | ||
(A) the end of: | ||
(i) the calendar year in which the | ||
application was submitted, if the application was submitted in an | ||
even-numbered year; or | ||
(ii) the subsequent even-numbered calendar | ||
year, if the application was submitted in an odd-numbered year; or | ||
(B) the date the county clerk receives notice | ||
from the voter registrar under Subsection (f) [ |
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has changed residence to another county [ |
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(c) In an election of a political subdivision located in a | ||
county in which the county clerk is not the early voting clerk, the | ||
county clerk shall provide the early voting clerk of the political | ||
subdivision that is holding the election a list of voters in the | ||
portion of the political subdivision located in the county who have | ||
ballot applications on file under this section. The early voting | ||
clerk shall provide a ballot to be voted by mail to each voter on the | ||
list. | ||
(d) The secretary of state shall provide a method by which | ||
counties and political subdivisions located in the county can | ||
exchange and update information on applications received under this | ||
section. | ||
(e) An application described by Subsection (a) shall be | ||
preserved for the period for preserving the precinct election | ||
records for the last election for which the application is | ||
effective. | ||
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following the receipt of a notice of a change in registration | ||
information under Section 15.021. The county clerk shall: | ||
(1) except as provided by Subdivision (2), send to the | ||
voter ballots to be voted by mail as required by this section at the | ||
voter's updated address, and update as necessary the lists provided | ||
to early voting clerks under Subsection (c) to reflect the change; | ||
or | ||
(2) delete the voter from the county clerk's list of | ||
voters who have ballot applications on file under this section, if | ||
the voter's county of residence has changed. | ||
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
an election for which an application for a ballot to be voted by | ||
mail may not be submitted before January 1, 2016. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |