| 1 | 1 | | 85R4263 JRJ-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Rodriguez of Bexar H.B. No. 955 |
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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 the registration of voters at a polling place and |
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| 8 | 8 | | related procedures. |
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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. Subchapter A, Chapter 12, Election Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 12.007 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 12.007. CERTAIN ELECTION OFFICERS ARE VOTER |
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| 13 | 13 | | REGISTRARS. An election officer serving a polling place for early |
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| 14 | 14 | | voting by personal appearance is a deputy voter registrar and has |
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| 15 | 15 | | the same authority as a regular deputy registrar. |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 2. Chapter 63, Election Code, is amended by adding |
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| 17 | 17 | | Section 63.010 to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 18 | | Sec. 63.010. REGISTRATION AT POLLING PLACE; VOTING |
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| 19 | 19 | | PROCEDURES. (a) This section applies to the conduct of voting and |
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| 20 | 20 | | to the registration of voters notwithstanding and in addition to |
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| 21 | 21 | | other applicable provisions of this code. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) A person who would be eligible to vote in an election |
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| 23 | 23 | | under Section 11.001, but for the requirement to be a registered |
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| 24 | 24 | | voter, shall be accepted for voting in the precinct of the person's |
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| 25 | 25 | | residence if, on the day the person offers to vote, the person: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) submits a voter registration application that |
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| 27 | 27 | | complies with Section 13.002; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) presents the proof of identification required by |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 63.001 and, if that identification does not establish the |
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| 30 | 30 | | person's residence, one of the following forms of identification: |
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| 31 | 31 | | (A) a driver's license, license to carry a |
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| 32 | 32 | | concealed handgun, or personal identification card issued to the |
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| 33 | 33 | | person by the Department of Public Safety, regardless of whether |
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| 34 | 34 | | the license or card has expired; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (B) official mail addressed to the person by name |
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| 36 | 36 | | from a governmental entity; |
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| 37 | 37 | | (C) a copy of a current utility bill, bank |
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| 38 | 38 | | statement, government check, paycheck, or other government |
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| 39 | 39 | | document that shows the name and address of the voter; or |
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| 40 | 40 | | (D) any other form of identification prescribed |
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| 41 | 41 | | by the secretary of state that establishes the person's residence; |
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| 42 | 42 | | and |
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| 43 | 43 | | (3) completes and signs a voter registration |
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| 44 | 44 | | affidavit, in a form prescribed by the secretary of state, that |
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| 45 | 45 | | contains the following oath: |
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| 46 | 46 | | I, ____________, HEREBY CERTIFY UNDER PENALTY OF |
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| 47 | 47 | | PERJURY THAT, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, I HAVE NOT, |
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| 48 | 48 | | NOR WILL I, CAST MORE THAN ONE BALLOT IN THIS ELECTION. |
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| 49 | 49 | | (c) Persons voting under this section shall be processed |
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| 50 | 50 | | separately at the polling place from persons who are voting under |
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| 51 | 51 | | regular procedures. |
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| 52 | 52 | | (d) The secretary of state shall prescribe the procedures |
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| 53 | 53 | | necessary to implement this section and to ensure the proper and |
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| 54 | 54 | | orderly conduct of elections. |
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| 55 | 55 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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