| 1 | 1 | | 85R6396 GRM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Neave H.B. No. 2293 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to indicating ethnicity on the form for a voter |
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| 8 | 8 | | registration application. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 13.122(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) In addition to the other statements and spaces for |
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| 13 | 13 | | entering information that appear on an officially prescribed |
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| 14 | 14 | | registration application form, each official form must include: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) the statement: "I understand that giving false |
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| 16 | 16 | | information to procure a voter registration is perjury and a crime |
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| 17 | 17 | | under state and federal law."; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) a space for the applicant's registration number; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (3) a space for the applicant's Texas driver's license |
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| 20 | 20 | | number or number of a personal identification card issued by the |
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| 21 | 21 | | Department of Public Safety; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (4) a space for the applicant's telephone number; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (5) a space for the applicant's social security |
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| 24 | 24 | | number; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (6) a space for the applicant's sex and ethnicity; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (7) a statement indicating that the furnishing of the |
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| 27 | 27 | | applicant's telephone number, [and] sex, and ethnicity is optional; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (8) a space or box for indicating whether the |
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| 29 | 29 | | applicant or voter is submitting new registration information or a |
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| 30 | 30 | | change in current registration information; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (9) a statement instructing a voter who is using the |
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| 32 | 32 | | form to make a change in current registration information to enter |
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| 33 | 33 | | the voter's name and the changed information in the appropriate |
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| 34 | 34 | | spaces on the form; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (10) a statement that if the applicant declines to |
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| 36 | 36 | | register to vote, that fact will remain confidential and will be |
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| 37 | 37 | | used only for voter registration purposes; |
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| 38 | 38 | | (11) a statement that if the applicant does register |
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| 39 | 39 | | to vote, information regarding the agency or office to which the |
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| 40 | 40 | | application is submitted will remain confidential and will be used |
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| 41 | 41 | | only for voter registration purposes; |
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| 42 | 42 | | (12) a space or box for indicating whether the |
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| 43 | 43 | | applicant is interested in working as an election judge; |
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| 44 | 44 | | (13) a statement warning that a conviction for making |
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| 45 | 45 | | a false statement may result in imprisonment for up to the maximum |
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| 46 | 46 | | amount of time provided by law, a fine of up to the maximum amount |
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| 47 | 47 | | provided by law, or both the imprisonment and the fine; and |
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| 48 | 48 | | (14) any other voter registration information |
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| 49 | 49 | | required by federal law or considered appropriate and required by |
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| 50 | 50 | | the secretary of state. |
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| 51 | 51 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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