Bill Text: TX HB3719 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 3719 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the registration of voters at a polling place during early voting by personal appearance and related procedures.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-21 - Referred to Elections [HB3719 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB3719-Introduced.html

	83R5393 ADM-D

	By: Martinez Fischer	H.B. No. 3719



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the registration of voters at a polling place during
	early voting by personal appearance and related procedures.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 12, Election Code, is
	amended by adding Section 12.007 to read as follows:
	Sec. 12.007. CERTAIN ELECTION OFFICERS ARE VOTER
	REGISTRARS. An election officer serving a polling place for early
	voting by personal appearance is a deputy voter registrar and has
	the same authority as a regular deputy registrar.
	SECTION 2. Section 65.054, Election Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
	(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a provisional ballot
	cast under Section 85.0312 shall be accepted if the voter registrar
	determines the applicant is eligible for registration under Section
	85.0312(d).
	SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 85, Election Code, is
	amended by adding Section 85.0312 to read as follows:
	Sec. 85.0312. REGISTRATION AT POLLING PLACE DURING EARLY
	VOTING. (a) A person who would be eligible to vote in an election
	under Section 11.001, but for the requirement to be a registered
	voter, shall be accepted during early voting by personal appearance
	for voting the ballot for the precinct of the person's residence as
	shown by the identification presented if, on the day the person
	offers to vote, the person:
	(1) submits a voter registration application that
	complies with Section 13.002 to an election officer at the polling
	place; and
	(2) presents as proof of residence:
	(A) a Texas driver's license, including a
	temporary license or instruction permit, or personal
	identification card issued to the person by the Department of
	Public Safety that states the person's current address on the day
	the person seeks to vote; or
	(B) a utility bill addressed to the person dated
	not earlier than the 30th day before the date the person seeks to
	vote, and:
	(i) a Texas driver's license, including a
	temporary license or instruction permit, or personal
	identification card issued to the person by the Department of
	Public Safety, regardless of whether the address stated on the
	license or card is current on the day the person seeks to vote;
	(ii) a United States passport issued to the
	person; or
	(iii) a United States military
	identification card that contains the person's photograph.
	(b) The election officer shall make a copy of the proof of
	residence submitted under Subsection (a)(2) and attach it to the
	registration application. The election officer shall return the
	original proof of residence to the voter.
	(c) A person voting under this section shall vote a
	provisional ballot in the manner provided by Section 63.011 except
	that the person is not required to submit the affidavit under
	Section 63.011(a).
	(d) For each registration corresponding to a ballot cast
	under this section, the voter registrar shall review the
	application and copy of the proof of residence and determine
	whether the applicant is eligible for registration as provided by
	Subchapter C, Chapter 13. The registrar shall inform the early
	voting ballot board of a determination made under this subsection.
	A registration approved under this subsection takes effect on the
	date the vote was cast.
	(e) The secretary of state may by rule:
	(1) designate additional documents that a person may
	offer to prove the person's residence to register and vote under
	this section; and
	(2) prescribe procedures to implement this section.
	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.