84R4348 SRS-D
By: Rodriguez of Bexar H.B. No. 2980
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.