Bill Text: TX SB1489 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 1489 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to information regarding provisional voting.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-19 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1489 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB1489-Introduced.html

	84R10151 JRJ-D

	By: Garcia	S.B. No. 1489



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to information regarding provisional voting.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 63.001(g), Election Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(g) If the requirements for identification prescribed by
	Subsection (b) are not met, the voter may be accepted for
	provisional voting only under Section 63.011. For a voter who is
	not accepted for voting under this section, an election officer
	shall:
	(1) inform the voter of the voter's right to cast a
	provisional ballot under Section 63.011 and provide the voter with
	the declination of provisional ballot form described by Section
	63.010(b); and
	(2) provide the voter with written information, in a
	form prescribed by the secretary of state, that:
	(A) lists the requirements for identification;
	(B) states the procedure for presenting
	identification under Section 65.0541;
	(C) includes a map showing the location where
	identification must be presented; and
	(D) includes notice that if all procedures are
	followed and the voter is found to be eligible to vote and is voting
	in the correct precinct, the voter's provisional ballot will be
	accepted.
	SECTION 2. Chapter 63, Election Code, is amended by adding
	Section 63.010 to read as follows:
	Sec. 63.010. DECLINATION OF PROVISIONAL BALLOT FORM.
	(a) An election officer shall ensure that a declination of a
	provisional ballot is executed for each person who is informed of
	the person's right to cast a provisional ballot under Section
	63.001(g).
	(b) The officially prescribed form for a declination of a
	provisional ballot must include:
	(1) spaces to indicate the reason the voter may only
	vote provisionally and the date;
	(2) the following question, followed by appropriate
	boxes preceding "YES" and "NO": "If you have not been accepted for
	voting a regular ballot, would you like to vote a provisional ballot
	today?";
	(3) the statement: "IF YOU HAVE NOT CHECKED EITHER
	BOX, YOU WILL BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE DECIDED NOT TO VOTE A
	PROVISIONAL BALLOT."; and
	(4) a space for indicating that the voter refused to
	complete the declination.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.