Bill Text: TX HB953 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to electronic voter registration.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-27 - Left pending in committee [HB953 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB953-Introduced.html
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| By: Alvarado | H.B. No. 953 | |
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| relating to electronic voter registration. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 13, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 13.009 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 13.009. ELECTRONIC VOTER REGISTRATION. (a) The | ||
| secretary of state shall implement a program to allow a person who | ||
| has an unexpired driver's license or personal identification card | ||
| issued in this state to complete a voter registration application | ||
| over the Internet from the official website of this state. The | ||
| websites of the secretary of state and the Department of Public | ||
| Safety must also provide a link to the location of the application | ||
| on the official website of this state. | ||
| (b) An applicant for electronic voter registration must: | ||
| (1) attest to the truth of the information provided on | ||
| the application by affirmatively accepting the information as true; | ||
| and | ||
| (2) affirmatively consent to the use of the signature | ||
| on the applicant's driver's license or personal identification card | ||
| for voter registration purposes. | ||
| (c) For each application the program shall: | ||
| (1) require that a digital copy of the applicant's | ||
| signature be obtained from the Department of Public Safety; and | ||
| (2) compare the information provided by the applicant | ||
| against Department of Public Safety records. | ||
| (d) If the information submitted by an applicant does not | ||
| match Department of Public Safety records, the program shall: | ||
| (1) notify the applicant that the application cannot | ||
| be processed electronically; and | ||
| (2) advise the applicant to print an application and | ||
| submit it to the voter registrar of the county in which the | ||
| applicant resides by mail or personal delivery. | ||
| (e) If the information submitted by an applicant matches | ||
| Department of Public Safety records, the program shall forward the | ||
| application to the registrar of the county in which the applicant | ||
| states that the applicant resides. | ||
| (f) On receipt of an application under Subsection (e), the | ||
| registrar shall review the application in accordance with Section | ||
| 13.071. | ||
| (g) An application electronically submitted under this | ||
| section is considered for all purposes as an application submitted | ||
| by mail under this title. | ||
| (h) The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
| implement this section, including rules to provide for additional | ||
| security measures necessary to ensure the accuracy and integrity of | ||
| applications submitted electronically. | ||
| (i) The rules adopted under Subsection (h) must require | ||
| that: | ||
| (1) the Internet website through which a person may | ||
| complete a voter registration application include a description of | ||
| the offense described by Section 13.007 in a conspicuous location | ||
| on the website near the place where the person begins or submits the | ||
| application; and | ||
| (2) the state electronic Internet portal project be | ||
| used to authenticate the identity of a person who submits an | ||
| application electronically under this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
