Bill Text: TX SB1802 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the method of returning a ballot to be voted by mail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-25 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1802 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1802-Introduced.html
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By: Ellis | S.B. No. 1802 |
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relating to the method of returning a ballot to be voted by mail. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 86.006, Election Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) A marked ballot voted under this chapter must be | ||
returned to the early voting clerk in the official carrier | ||
envelope. The carrier envelope may be delivered in another | ||
envelope and must be transported and delivered only by: | ||
(1) mail; | ||
(2) [ |
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(3) subject to Subsection (a-1), in-person delivery by | ||
the voter who voted the ballot. | ||
(a-1) The voter may deliver a marked ballot in person to the | ||
early voting clerk's office only while the polls are open on | ||
election day. A voter who delivers a marked ballot in person must | ||
present an acceptable form of identification described by Section | ||
63.0101. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |