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