84R4359 ATP-F
By: Reynolds H.B. No. 2388
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the time for submitting an application for a ballot to
be voted by mail.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 84.007(c) and (d), Election Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(c) An application must be submitted on or after the 60th
day before election day and before 5 p.m. [the close of regular
business in the early voting clerk's office or 12 noon, whichever is
later,] on the 11th [ninth] day before election day unless that day
is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal state or national holiday, in which
case the last day is the first preceding regular business day.
(d) An application is considered to be submitted on the
earlier of:
(1) [at] the time of its receipt by the clerk; or
(2) the time indicated on the cancellation mark of a
recognized postal service or a receipt mark of a common or contract
carrier or a courier.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.