85R5718 ATP-F
By: Miller H.B. No. 2311
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a voter's use of an application for a ballot to be voted
by mail to update the voter's residence.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 84.002, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) An application for a ballot to be voted by mail may
indicate a change of residence address. If the voter includes a
change of residence address in the voter's application, the early
voting clerk shall notify the appropriate voter registrars of the
change and the registrars shall update the voter's voter
registration information accordingly.
SECTION 2. Section 84.011, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The officially prescribed application form for an early
voting ballot to be voted by mail must include a space for the voter
to provide a change of residence address.
SECTION 3. Section 86.001(e), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(e) If the applicant does not have an effective voter
registration for the election, the clerk shall reject the
application unless:
(1) the clerk can determine from the voter registrar
that the applicant has submitted a voter registration application
and the registration will be effective on election day; or
(2) the voter has provided a change of residence
address on the voter's application for a ballot to be voted by mail
and the voter's registration will be effective on election day.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.