84R8742 ATP-F By: Elkins H.B. No. 2778 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the elections for which federal postcard applicant voters may be sent ballots by e-mail. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 101.104, Election Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 101.104. ELECTIONS COVERED. Balloting [The e-mail transmission of balloting] materials may be sent by e-mail under this subchapter for any election in which the voter who registers under this chapter is eligible to vote [is limited to: [(1) an election in which an office of the federal government appears on the ballot, including a primary election; [(2) an election to fill a vacancy in the legislature unless: [(A) the election is ordered as an emergency election under Section 41.0011; or [(B) the election is held as an expedited election under Section 203.013; or [(3) an election held jointly with an election described by Subdivision (1) or (2)]. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.