84R3652 JRJ-F
By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 985
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the acceptance of a voter at a polling place.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 63.001(g), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(g) If the requirements for identification prescribed by
Subsection (b) are not met or the voter's name is not on the list of
registered voters for the precinct, the voter may be accepted for
provisional voting only under Section 63.011. For a voter who is
not accepted for voting under this section, an election officer
shall:
(1) inform the voter of the voter's right to cast a
provisional ballot under Section 63.011; and
(2) provide the voter with written information, in a
form prescribed by the secretary of state, that:
(A) lists the requirements for identification;
(B) states the procedure for presenting
identification under Section 65.0541;
(C) includes a map showing the location where
identification must be presented; and
(D) includes notice that if all procedures are
followed and the voter is found to be eligible to vote and is voting
in the correct precinct, the voter's provisional ballot will be
accepted.
SECTION 2. Section 15.022(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The registrar shall make the appropriate corrections in
the registration records, including, if necessary, deleting a
voter's name from the suspense list:
(1) after receipt of a notice of a change in
registration information under Section 15.021;
(2) after receipt of a voter's reply to a notice of
investigation given under Section 16.033;
(3) [after receipt of any affidavits executed under
Section 63.006, following an election;
[(4)] after receipt of a voter's statement of
residence executed under Section 63.0011;
(4) [(5)] before the effective date of the abolishment
of a county election precinct or a change in its boundary;
(5) [(6)] after receipt of United States Postal
Service information indicating an address reclassification;
(6) [(7)] after receipt of a voter's response under
Section 15.053; or
(7) [(8)] after receipt of a registration application
or change of address under Chapter 20.
SECTION 3. Section 63.011(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A person to whom Section 63.001(g) [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 4. Section 66.0241, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 66.0241. CONTENTS OF ENVELOPE NO. 4. Envelope no. 4
must contain:
(1) the precinct list of registered voters;
(2) the registration correction list;
(3) any statements of residence executed under Section
63.0011; and
(4) any affidavits executed under Section [63.006 or]
63.011.
SECTION 5. Sections 63.006 and 63.009, Election Code, are
repealed.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.