Bill Text: TX SB143 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of the reason for rejecting a voter registration application.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-01 - Co-author authorized [SB143 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB143-Introduced.html
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| By: Garcia | S.B. No. 143 | |
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| relating to the provision of the reason for rejecting a voter | ||
| registration application. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 13.073, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) In providing a written or oral reason for rejection | ||
| under Subsection (a) or (b), the registrar shall identify which | ||
| section or sections of the application resulted in the rejection. | ||
| For each section identified, the registrar shall specify if the | ||
| section was incomplete, was improperly filled out, or contained | ||
| information identifying the applicant as ineligible to vote. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
