84R4348 SRS-D By: Blanco H.B. No. 2724 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the method for submitting an application for voting by mail to the early voting clerk. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 84.007, Election Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: (b) An application must be submitted to the early voting clerk by: (1) mail; (2) common or contract carrier; [or] (3) telephonic facsimile machine, if a machine is available in the clerk's office; or (4) electronic transmission of a scanned application containing an original signature. (e) The early voting clerk shall designate an e-mail address for receipt of an application under Subsection (b)(4). The secretary of state shall include the e-mail addresses on the secretary of state's website. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.