Bill Text: TX HB3593 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the determination that a voter is deceased.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB3593 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3593-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the determination that a voter is deceased.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB3593 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3593-Introduced.html
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By: Burnam | H.B. No. 3593 |
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relating to the determination that a voter is ineligible to vote. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 18.068, Election Code, as added by | ||
Chapter 683 (H.B. 174), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2011, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 18.068. COMPARISON OF INFORMATION REGARDING | ||
INELIGIBILITY. (a) The secretary of state shall quarterly compare | ||
the information received under Section 16.001 of this code and | ||
Section 62.113, Government Code, to the statewide computerized | ||
voter registration list. If the secretary determines that a voter | ||
on the registration list is deceased or has been excused or | ||
disqualified from jury service because the voter is not a citizen, | ||
the secretary shall send notice of the determination to the voter | ||
registrar of the counties considered appropriate by the secretary. | ||
(b) The following information combinations identified as | ||
common to a voter and an individual who is deceased or has been | ||
excused or disqualified from jury service because the individual is | ||
not a citizen are considered a weak match: | ||
(1) an exact match of first name, last name, and date | ||
of birth; | ||
(2) an exact match of first name, last name, and full | ||
social security number; | ||
(3) an exact match of date of birth and full social | ||
security number; | ||
(4) an exact match of last name, date of birth, and | ||
last four digits of social security number; | ||
(5) an exact match of last name and full social | ||
security number; or | ||
(6) an exact match of information in the combination | ||
described by Subdivision (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) and additional | ||
information determined by secretary of state rule, except as | ||
provided by Subsection (e). | ||
(c) The secretary of state may not determine that a voter is | ||
deceased or is not a citizen based on a weak match. The secretary of | ||
state may inform the county of the voter's residence that a weak | ||
match exists. | ||
(d) On receiving notification from the secretary of state | ||
under Subsection (c) that a weak match of identifying information | ||
exists for a county voter and an individual who is deceased or has | ||
been excused or disqualified from jury service because the | ||
individual is not a citizen, the county shall investigate whether | ||
the voter is the individual who is deceased or has been excused or | ||
disqualified from jury service because the individual is not a | ||
citizen. If the county determines that the voter is alive or if the | ||
voter appears to vote in person, the county shall request that the | ||
voter provide any information required to be furnished on a voter | ||
registration application that the county does not have recorded for | ||
the voter, but the voter may not be required to furnish the | ||
information. A weak match may not be the sole basis on which to | ||
cancel a voter's voter registration or to require the voter to | ||
furnish additional information to prevent cancellation of the | ||
voter's voter registration. | ||
(e) An exact match of the last name, full social security | ||
number, and date of birth of a voter and an individual who is | ||
deceased or has been excused or disqualified from jury service | ||
because the individual is not a citizen is considered a strong | ||
match, except that the secretary of state may by rule require more | ||
information in common to determine that a strong match exists. The | ||
secretary of state may determine that a voter is deceased or is not | ||
a citizen based on a strong match. | ||
(f) The secretary of state may obtain information from other | ||
state agency databases when determining whether a voter is | ||
deceased. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 16.0332(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) After the registrar receives notice from the secretary | ||
of state under Section 18.068 of a determination that a person has | ||
been excused or disqualified from jury service because of | ||
citizenship status or a list under [ |
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Section 62.113, Government Code, of persons excused or disqualified | ||
from jury service because of citizenship status, the registrar | ||
shall deliver to each registered voter whose name appears on the | ||
notice or list a written notice requiring the voter to submit to the | ||
registrar proof of United States citizenship in the form of a | ||
certified copy of the voter's birth certificate, United States | ||
passport, or certificate of naturalization or any other form | ||
prescribed by the secretary of state. The written notice shall be | ||
delivered by forwardable mail to the mailing address on the voter's | ||
registration application and to any new address of the voter known | ||
to the registrar. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |