Bill Text: TX HB3313 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to information provided on an application for a ballot to be voted by mail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-18 - Referred to Elections [HB3313 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3313-Introduced.html
86R13128 SRS-D | ||
By: Romero, Jr. | H.B. No. 3313 |
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relating to information provided on an application for a ballot to | ||
be voted by mail. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 84.002(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) An early voting ballot application must include: | ||
(1) the applicant's name and the address at which the | ||
applicant is registered to vote; | ||
(2) for an application for a ballot to be voted by mail | ||
on the ground of absence from the county of residence, the address | ||
outside the applicant's county of residence to which the ballot is | ||
to be mailed; | ||
(3) for an application for a ballot to be voted by mail | ||
on the ground of age or disability, the address of the hospital, | ||
nursing home or other long-term care facility, or retirement | ||
center, or of a person related to the applicant within the second | ||
degree by affinity or the third degree by consanguinity, as | ||
determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, if the applicant is | ||
living at that address and that address is different from the | ||
address at which the applicant is registered to vote; | ||
(4) for an application for a ballot to be voted by mail | ||
on the ground of confinement in jail, the address of the jail or of a | ||
person related to the applicant within the degree described by | ||
Subdivision (3); | ||
(5) for an application for a ballot to be voted by mail | ||
on any ground, an indication of each election for which the | ||
applicant is applying for a ballot; [ |
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(6) an indication of the ground of eligibility for | ||
early voting; | ||
(7) the month, day, and year of the applicant's birth; | ||
and | ||
(8) the following information: | ||
(A) the applicant's Texas driver's license number | ||
or the number of a personal identification card issued by the | ||
Department of Public Safety; | ||
(B) if the applicant has not been issued a number | ||
described by Paragraph (A), the last four digits of the applicant's | ||
social security number; or | ||
(C) a statement by the applicant that the | ||
applicant has not been issued a number described by Paragraph (A) or | ||
(B). | ||
SECTION 2. 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; [ |
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(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; and | ||
(I) a statement informing the applicant of the | ||
requirement prescribed by Section 86.003(c); | ||
(5) a space for providing the month, day, and year of | ||
the applicant's birth; and | ||
(6) a space or box for an applicant to provide the | ||
following information: | ||
(A) the applicant's Texas driver's license number | ||
or the number of a personal identification card issued by the | ||
Department of Public Safety; | ||
(B) the last four digits of the applicant's | ||
social security number; or | ||
(C) a statement by the applicant that the | ||
applicant has not been issued a number described by Paragraph (A) or | ||
(B). | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |