85R7944 ADM-F
By: Miller, Zedler H.B. No. 1681
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 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 2. Section 63.006, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 63.006. VOTER [WITH REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION] WHO IS NOT
ON LIST. (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 may [shall] be
accepted for provisional voting only under Section 63.011 [if 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].
(b) For a [After the] voter to whom this section applies [is
accepted], an election officer shall attempt to verify with the
voter registrar that the voter is a registered voter [:
[(1) indicate beside the voter's name on the poll list
that the voter was accepted under this section; and
[(2) enter the voter's name on the registration
omissions list].
SECTION 3. Section 63.011(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A person to whom Section 63.001(g) or 63.006 [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. Section 63.009, Election Code, is repealed.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.