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| 1 | 1 | 84R7260 GRM-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Ellis S.B. No. 1802 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the method of returning a ballot to be voted by mail. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 86.006, Election Code, is amended by | |
| 10 | 10 | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as | |
| 11 | 11 | follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a) A marked ballot voted under this chapter must be | |
| 13 | 13 | returned to the early voting clerk in the official carrier | |
| 14 | 14 | envelope. The carrier envelope may be delivered in another | |
| 15 | 15 | envelope and must be transported and delivered only by: | |
| 16 | 16 | (1) mail; | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) [or by] common or contract carrier; or | |
| 18 | 18 | (3) subject to Subsection (a-1), in-person delivery by | |
| 19 | 19 | the voter who voted the ballot. | |
| 20 | 20 | (a-1) The voter may deliver a marked ballot in person to the | |
| 21 | 21 | early voting clerk's office only while the polls are open on | |
| 22 | 22 | election day. A voter who delivers a marked ballot in person must | |
| 23 | 23 | present an acceptable form of identification described by Section | |
| 24 | 24 | 63.0101. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 26 | 26 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 27 | 27 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 28 | 28 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 29 | 29 | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |