By: Hochberg, Harless H.B. No. 2814
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to electronic voter registration.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 13, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 13.008 to read as follows:
Sec. 13.008. ELECTRONIC VOTER REGISTRATION. (a) The
secretary of state shall implement a program to allow a person who
has a valid driver's license or personal identification card issued
in this state to complete a voter registration application over the
Internet from the official website of this state and either
directly or via links to the websites of the secretary of state, the
Department of Public Safety, and counties participating in the
program.
(b) An applicant for electronic voter registration must:
(1) attest to the truth of the information provided on
the application by affirmatively accepting the information as true;
and
(2) affirmatively consent to the use of the address
and signature on the applicant's driver's license or personal
identification card for voter registration purposes.
(c) For each application submitted, the program shall
require that a digital copy of the applicant's signature be
obtained from the Department of Public Safety.
(d) An application submitted under this section is
considered for all purposes as an application submitted by mail
under this title.
(e) The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to
implement this section, including rules to provide for additional
security measures necessary to ensure the accuracy and integrity of
applications submitted electronically.
(f) The rules adopted under Subsection (e) must require that
each Internet website through which a person may complete a voter
registration application include a description of the offense
described by Section 13.007 in a conspicuous location on the
website near the place where the person begins or submits the
application.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.