Bill Text: TX SB20 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of certain citizens residing outside the United States to vote a full ballot.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-31 - Filed [SB20 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB20-Introduced.html
| By: Patrick | S.B. No. 20 | |
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| relating to the eligibility of certain citizens residing outside | ||
| the United States to vote a full ballot. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 101.001, Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 101.001. ELIGIBILITY. (a) A person is eligible for | ||
| early voting by mail as provided by this chapter if: | ||
| (1) the person is qualified to vote in this state or, | ||
| if not registered to vote in this state, would be qualified if | ||
| registered; and | ||
| (2) the person is: | ||
| (A) a member of the armed forces of the United | ||
| States, or the spouse or a dependent of a member; | ||
| (B) a member of the merchant marine of the United | ||
| States, or the spouse or a dependent of a member; or | ||
| (C) domiciled in this state but temporarily | ||
| living outside the territorial limits of the United States and the | ||
| District of Columbia. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) and Chapter 114, a | ||
| person who indicates on a federal postcard application that the | ||
| person is a United States citizen residing outside the United | ||
| States indefinitely is entitled to vote a full ballot as provided by | ||
| this chapter if the person is otherwise eligible to vote under this | ||
| chapter and is a registered voter at the address contained on the | ||
| application. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 101.004, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (n) to read as follows: | ||
| (n) The early voting clerk shall provide notice to a person | ||
| who indicates on a federal postcard application that the person is a | ||
| United States citizen residing outside the United States | ||
| indefinitely, other than a person described by Section 101.001(b), | ||
| that as a result of the person's indication, the person is only | ||
| eligible to vote a federal ballot as provided by Chapter 114. The | ||
| secretary of state shall prescribe the form and manner of the notice | ||
| provided under this subsection. | ||
| SECTION 3. Chapter 101, Election Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 101.014 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 101.014. NOTICE ON COUNTY WEBSITE FOR CITIZENS | ||
| RESIDING OUTSIDE OF UNITED STATES INDEFINITELY. If a county | ||
| maintains an Internet website to provide information on voting, the | ||
| website must include information that describes the effects on the | ||
| ballot a person will receive under state law if the person indicates | ||
| on a federal postcard application that the person is a United States | ||
| citizen residing outside the United States indefinitely. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 114.002, Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 114.002. ELIGIBILITY. A United States citizen | ||
| residing [ |
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| federal ballot by mail if: | ||
| (1) the citizen's most recent domicile in the United | ||
| States was in this state and the citizen is residing outside the | ||
| United States indefinitely [ |
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| (2) the citizen would be eligible for registration as | ||
| a voter in this state if a resident; and | ||
| (3) the citizen is not eligible to vote on federal | ||
| offices in any other state. | ||
| SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act applies to a | ||
| federal postcard application that requests a ballot for an election | ||
| that is held on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 6. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
