84R2247 ADM-F
By: Uresti S.B. No. 384
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the electronic submission of an application to vote by
mail.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 84.001(d), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) An application must be submitted [by mail] to the early
voting clerk for the election who serves the election precinct of
the applicant's residence.
SECTION 2. Section 84.007(b), Election Code, is amended 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 submission of the application, if
authorized by the clerk.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.