| 1 | 1 | | 84R4355 GRM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Reynolds H.B. No. 3832 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to voting a limited ballot. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Sections 112.002(a) and (d), Election Code, are |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (a) After changing residence to another county, a person is |
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| 12 | 12 | | eligible to vote a limited ballot on election day, by personal |
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| 13 | 13 | | appearance during the early voting period, or by mail if: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) the person would have been eligible to vote in the |
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| 15 | 15 | | county of former residence on election day if still residing in that |
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| 16 | 16 | | county; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) the person is registered to vote in the county of |
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| 18 | 18 | | former residence at the time the person: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (A) offers to vote in the county of new |
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| 20 | 20 | | residence; or |
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| 21 | 21 | | (B) submitted a voter registration application |
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| 22 | 22 | | in the county of new residence; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | (3) a voter registration for the person in the county |
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| 24 | 24 | | of new residence is not effective on or before election day. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (d) A statement executed under Subsection (c) shall be |
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| 26 | 26 | | submitted: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (1) to an election officer at the [main early voting] |
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| 28 | 28 | | polling place[, if the person is voting by personal appearance]; or |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) with the person's application for a ballot to be |
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| 30 | 30 | | voted by mail, if the person is voting by mail. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. Section 112.004, Election Code, is amended to |
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| 32 | 32 | | read as follows: |
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| 33 | 33 | | Sec. 112.004. OFFICES AND MEASURES ON WHICH VOTER ENTITLED |
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| 34 | 34 | | TO VOTE. A person voting a limited ballot is entitled to vote only |
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| 35 | 35 | | on[: |
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| 36 | 36 | | [(1)] each office and proposition stating a measure to |
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| 37 | 37 | | be voted on statewide[; and |
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| 38 | 38 | | [(2) each office and proposition stating a measure to |
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| 39 | 39 | | be voted on in a territorial unit of which the person was a resident |
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| 40 | 40 | | both before changing county of residence and after the change]. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 3. Section 112.006, Election Code, is amended to |
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| 42 | 42 | | read as follows: |
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| 43 | 43 | | Sec. 112.006. PLACE FOR VOTING BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE. A |
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| 44 | 44 | | person may vote a limited ballot by personal appearance at any early |
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| 45 | 45 | | voting polling place or on election day at a countywide polling |
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| 46 | 46 | | place or the polling place located in the precinct of new residence |
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| 47 | 47 | | [only at the main early voting polling place]. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 4. Section 112.009, Election Code, is amended to |
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| 49 | 49 | | read as follows: |
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| 50 | 50 | | Sec. 112.009. PREPARING VOTING MACHINE. Before permitting |
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| 51 | 51 | | a person to vote a limited ballot on a voting machine, the county |
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| 52 | 52 | | [early voting] clerk shall adjust the machine so that votes may be |
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| 53 | 53 | | cast only on each office and proposition stating a measure to be |
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| 54 | 54 | | voted on statewide [the offices and propositions stating measures |
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| 55 | 55 | | on which the voter is entitled to vote]. |
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| 56 | 56 | | SECTION 5. Section 112.010(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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| 57 | 57 | | read as follows: |
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| 58 | 58 | | (a) If [early] voting [by personal appearance] is conducted |
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| 59 | 59 | | by voting machine, the county [early voting] clerk may conduct [the |
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| 60 | 60 | | personal appearance] voting of limited ballots by using official |
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| 61 | 61 | | ballots for early voting by mail. |
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| 62 | 62 | | SECTION 6. Section 112.011, Election Code, is amended to |
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| 63 | 63 | | read as follows: |
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| 64 | 64 | | Sec. 112.011. INFORMATION FOR LIMITED BALLOT [ON DISTRICT |
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| 65 | 65 | | COMPOSITION]. [(a)] In each even-numbered year, the secretary of |
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| 66 | 66 | | state shall prepare information on each office and proposition |
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| 67 | 67 | | stating a measure to be voted on statewide [the territorial |
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| 68 | 68 | | composition of each district for which an officer of the state |
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| 69 | 69 | | government is regularly elected at the general election for state |
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| 70 | 70 | | and county officers]. |
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| 71 | 71 | | [(b) The information must include the data necessary to |
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| 72 | 72 | | enable an early voting clerk to determine the district offices on |
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| 73 | 73 | | which a voter under this chapter is eligible to vote. |
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| 74 | 74 | | [(c)] The secretary shall deliver the information to each |
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| 75 | 75 | | county clerk before the 20th day before general primary election |
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| 76 | 76 | | day. |
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| 77 | 77 | | SECTION 7. Section 112.012, Election Code, is amended to |
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| 78 | 78 | | read as follows: |
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| 79 | 79 | | Sec. 112.012. NOTIFICATION TO VOTER REGISTRAR. Not later |
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| 80 | 80 | | than the 30th day after receipt of an application for a limited |
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| 81 | 81 | | ballot, the county [early voting] clerk shall notify the voter |
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| 82 | 82 | | registrar for the voter's former county of residence that the voter |
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| 83 | 83 | | has applied for a limited ballot. |
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| 84 | 84 | | SECTION 8. Section 112.008, Election Code, is repealed. |
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| 85 | 85 | | SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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