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| 1 | 1 | 84R2247 ADM-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Uresti S.B. No. 384 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the electronic submission of an application to vote by | |
| 8 | 8 | mail. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 84.001(d), Election Code, is amended to | |
| 11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (d) An application must be submitted [by mail] to the early | |
| 13 | 13 | voting clerk for the election who serves the election precinct of | |
| 14 | 14 | the applicant's residence. | |
| 15 | 15 | SECTION 2. Section 84.007(b), Election Code, is amended to | |
| 16 | 16 | read as follows: | |
| 17 | 17 | (b) An application must be submitted to the early voting | |
| 18 | 18 | clerk by: | |
| 19 | 19 | (1) mail; | |
| 20 | 20 | (2) common or contract carrier; [or] | |
| 21 | 21 | (3) telephonic facsimile machine, if a machine is | |
| 22 | 22 | available in the clerk's office; or | |
| 23 | 23 | (4) electronic submission of the application, if | |
| 24 | 24 | authorized by the clerk. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. 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. |