83R2117 ADM-D
By: Uresti S.B. No. 315
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 13.009 to read as follows:
Sec. 13.009. ELECTRONIC VOTER REGISTRATION. (a) The
secretary of state shall implement a program to allow a person to
complete a voter registration application over the Internet from
the official website of this state and 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 who has a
valid driver's license or personal identification card issued in
this state 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) An applicant for electronic voter registration who does
not have a valid driver's license or personal identification card
issued in this state must:
(1) attest to the truth of the information provided on
the application by affirmatively accepting the information as true;
and
(2) print a signature card from the website the
applicant is using to register, sign the card, and mail it to the
registrar.
(d) For each application submitted under Subsection (b),
the program shall require that a digital copy of the applicant's
signature be obtained from the Department of Public Safety.
(e) For each application submitted under Subsection (c),
the program shall provide the applicant with:
(1) a signature card that the applicant can print from
the registration website, sign, and mail to the registrar as
required under Subsection (c)(2); and
(2) information about how the applicant can obtain a
driver's license or personal identification card from the
Department of Public Safety.
(f) An application submitted under this section is
considered for all purposes as an application submitted by mail
under this title.
(g) 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.
(h) The rules adopted under Subsection (g) 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, 2013.