84R4178 SRS-F
By: Lozano H.B. No. 622
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to verification of a voter's registration on offering to
vote.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 63.006, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(a) A voter who, when offering to vote, presents the
documentation required under Section 63.001(b) but whose name is
not on the precinct list of registered voters shall be accepted for
voting if the voter registrar verifies the voter as a registered
voter and the voter [also] presents a voter registration
certificate indicating that the voter is currently registered:
(1) in the precinct in which the voter is offering to
vote; or
(2) in a different precinct in the same county as the
precinct in which the voter is offering to vote and the voter
executes an affidavit stating that the voter:
(A) is a resident of the precinct in which the
voter is offering to vote or is otherwise entitled by law to vote in
that precinct;
(B) was a resident of the precinct in which the
voter is offering to vote at the time the information on the voter's
residence address was last provided to the voter registrar;
(C) did not deliberately provide false
information to secure registration in a precinct in which the voter
does not reside; and
(D) is voting only once in the election.
(c) A voter who is not accepted to vote under this section
shall be accepted for provisional voting if the voter executes an
affidavit in accordance with Section 63.011.
SECTION 2. Section 63.011(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A person to whom Section 63.001(g), 63.006(c), or 63.009
applies may cast a provisional ballot if the person executes an
affidavit stating that the person:
(1) is a registered voter in the precinct in which the
person seeks to vote; and
(2) is eligible to vote in the election.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.