Bill Text: TX HB482 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the deadline for returning a ballot voted by mail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-25 - Referred to Elections [HB482 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB482-Introduced.html
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By: González of Dallas | H.B. No. 482 |
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relating to the deadline for returning a ballot voted by mail. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 86.007(a) and (e), Election Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A [ |
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ballot voted by mail must arrive at the address on the carrier | ||
envelope: | ||
(1) before the time the polls are required to close on | ||
election day; or | ||
(2) not later than the fifth day after the date of the | ||
election [ |
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envelope was placed for delivery by mail or common or contract | ||
carrier before election day and bears a cancellation mark of a | ||
common or contract carrier or a courier indicating a time not later | ||
than 7 p.m. at the location of the election on election day. | ||
(e) A delivery under Subsection (a)(2) [ |
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except as otherwise provided by this title, if the carrier envelope | ||
or, if applicable, the envelope containing the carrier envelope: | ||
(1) is properly addressed with postage or handling | ||
charges prepaid; and | ||
(2) bears a cancellation mark of a recognized postal | ||
service or a receipt mark of a common or contract carrier or a | ||
courier indicating a time before the deadline. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 87.125(a) and (a-1), Election Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The early voting ballot board shall convene to count | ||
ballots voted by mail that arrive at the address on the carrier | ||
envelope after 5 p.m. on the day after election day and are timely | ||
under Section 86.007 [ |
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set by the presiding judge of the board on the ninth day after the | ||
date of an election or on an earlier day if the early voting clerk | ||
certifies that all ballots voted by mail [ |
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(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for an election held | ||
on the date of the general election for state and county officers, | ||
the early voting ballot board shall convene to count ballots voted | ||
by mail that arrive at the address on the carrier envelope after 5 | ||
p.m. on the day after election day and are timely under Section | ||
86.007 [ |
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the 13th day after the date of the election. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 86.007(d) and (g), Election Code, are | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |