Bill Text: TX HB2158 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the deadline for returning a ballot voted by mail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-12 - Referred to Elections [HB2158 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2158-Introduced.html
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By: Paul | H.B. No. 2158 |
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relating to the deadline for returning a ballot voted by mail. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 86.007, Election Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a), (d), (e), and (f), and adding Subsection | ||
(d-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a marked ballot | ||
voted by mail must arrive at the address on the carrier envelope: | ||
(1) before the time the polls are required to close on | ||
election day; or | ||
(2) not later than 5 p.m. on the day after election | ||
day, if the carrier envelope was placed for delivery before | ||
election day. | ||
(d) A marked ballot voted by mail that arrives after the | ||
time prescribed by Subsection (a) shall be counted if: | ||
(1) the ballot was cast from an address outside the | ||
United States; | ||
(2) the carrier envelope was placed for delivery | ||
before the time the ballot is required to arrive under Subsection | ||
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(3) the ballot arrives at the address on the carrier | ||
envelope not later than the fifth day after the date of the | ||
election. | ||
(d-1) If the deadline for the arrival of a ballot voted by | ||
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legal state or national holiday, then the deadline is extended to | ||
the next regular business day. | ||
(e) A delivery under Subsection (a)(2) or (d) [ |
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timely, except as otherwise provided by this title, if the carrier | ||
envelope or, if applicable, the envelope containing the carrier | ||
envelope: | ||
(1) is properly addressed with postage or handling | ||
charges prepaid; and | ||
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service or a receipt mark of a common or contract carrier or a | ||
courier indicating a time before the deadline. | ||
(f) If the envelope does not bear the cancellation mark or | ||
receipt mark as required by Subsection (e)(2) [ |
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under Subsection (a)(2) or (d) [ |
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the other requirements under this section are met. [ |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |