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| 1 | 1 | 81R6760 JRJ-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Berman H.B. No. 1862 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the eligibility of certain voters to vote a limited | |
| 8 | 8 | ballot in a new county of residence. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 112.002(a), Election Code, is amended to | |
| 11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a) After changing residence to another county, a person is | |
| 13 | 13 | eligible to vote a limited ballot by personal appearance during the | |
| 14 | 14 | early voting period or by mail if: | |
| 15 | 15 | (1) the person would have been eligible to vote in the | |
| 16 | 16 | county of former residence on election day if still residing in that | |
| 17 | 17 | county; | |
| 18 | 18 | (2) the person is [was] registered to vote in the | |
| 19 | 19 | county of former residence at the time the person offers to vote in | |
| 20 | 20 | the county of new [when the voter changed] residence; and | |
| 21 | 21 | (3) a voter registration for the person in the county | |
| 22 | 22 | of new residence is not effective on or before election day. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |