Bill Text: TX HB3873 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of an accessible absentee mail system by certain voters.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-24 - Referred to Elections [HB3873 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3873-Introduced.html
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By: Bucy | H.B. No. 3873 |
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relating to the use of an accessible absentee mail system by certain | ||
voters. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 81, Election Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 81.006 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 81.006. ACCESSIBLE ABSENTEE BALLOT SYSTEM. (a) A | ||
person eligible for early voting by mail under Section 82.002 or | ||
Section 101.001 as a person described by Section 101.001(2)(A) may | ||
cast a ballot using an accessible absentee mail system, | ||
notwithstanding any other provision of this title. | ||
(b) An accessible absentee mail system must be an electronic | ||
system, including software, used for the sole purpose of enabling | ||
any voter, including a voter who has a disability, to mark the | ||
voter's ballot and print and submit the ballot in the manner | ||
required by law for a ballot marked by the voter. | ||
(c) The secretary of state shall adopt rules and prescribe | ||
procedures for the implementation of this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |