Bill Text: TX HB39 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the registration of voters at a polling place and related procedures.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-08 - Referred to Constitutional Rights & Remedies [HB39 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB39-Introduced.html
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| By: Reynolds | H.B. No. 39 | |
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| relating to the registration of voters at a polling place 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. Chapter 62, Election Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 62.0015 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 62.0015. VOTER REGISTRARS MUST BE PRESENT. Two voter | ||
| registrars must be present at each polling place while the polls are | ||
| open. | ||
| SECTION 3. Chapter 63, Election Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 63.010 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 63.010. REGISTRATION AT POLLING PLACE. (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 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 form of photo | ||
| identification described by Section 63.0101(a) that states the | ||
| person's current address. | ||
| (b) 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 determine whether the applicant is eligible for | ||
| registration as provided by Subchapter C, Chapter 13. 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. Section 65.051(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) The early voting ballot board shall verify and count | ||
| provisional ballots as provided by this subchapter not later than | ||
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| SECTION 5. Section 67.003(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (b) Each [ |
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| canvassing authority shall convene to conduct the local canvass at | ||
| the time set by the canvassing authority's presiding officer not | ||
| later than the 14th [ |
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| than the later of: | ||
| (1) the third day after election day; | ||
| (2) the date on which the early voting ballot board has | ||
| verified and counted all provisional ballots, if a provisional | ||
| ballot has been cast in the election; or | ||
| (3) the date on which all timely received ballots cast | ||
| from addresses outside of the United States are counted, if a ballot | ||
| to be voted by mail in the election was provided to a person outside | ||
| of the United States. | ||
| SECTION 6. Section 85.031(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) For each person entitled to vote an early voting ballot | ||
| by personal appearance or entitled to register at a polling place, | ||
| the early voting clerk shall follow the procedure for accepting or | ||
| registering a regular voter on election day, with the modifications | ||
| necessary for the conduct of early voting. | ||
| SECTION 7. Section 67.003(c), Election Code, is repealed. | ||
| SECTION 8. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
