Bill Text: TX HB3269 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas House Bill 3269 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to the requirement that a ballot to be voted by mail be canceled and returned before voting in person.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-13 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB3269 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB3269-Comm_Sub.html

	87R10424 SGM-F

	By: Noble, Swanson	H.B. No. 3269



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the requirement that a ballot to be voted by mail be
	canceled and returned before voting in person.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 84.031, Election Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
	follows:
	(b) A person whose application is canceled by returning the
	person's ballot in accordance with Section 84.032, if otherwise
	eligible, may vote in the same manner as if the application had not
	been submitted.
	(c) A person whose application is canceled in any other
	manner may cast a provisional ballot under Section 63.011.
	SECTION 2. Section 84.032, Election Code, is amended by
	adding Subsections (g), (h), and (i) to read as follows:
	(g) The early voting clerk shall deliver each request for
	cancellation to the early voting ballot board to ensure a canceled
	ballot is not counted.
	(h) The early voting clerk and presiding election judge
	shall keep a log of each ballot returned and shall provide a copy of
	the log to the early voting ballot board to ensure that the canceled
	ballot is not counted in the election. Returned ballots must be kept
	in a secure container with a chain of custody maintained by the
	early voting clerk.
	(i) The log under Subsection (h) shall include for each
	entry:
	(1) the voter's name;
	(2) an identification number unique to the voter;
	(3) the voter's signature; and
	(4) the date and time the application was returned.
	SECTION 3. Section 84.033, Election Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e) The election officer shall electronically submit a
	record to the secretary of state of each application canceled in a
	primary, a runoff primary, a general election, or any special
	election ordered by the governor on the day the application is
	canceled.
	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.