85R2061 ADM-D
By: Arévalo H.B. No. 962
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study on the feasibility of electronic voter
registration and applications for a ballot to be voted by mail for
overseas military personnel.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 101, Election Code, is amended by adding
Subchapter D to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER D. FEASIBILITY STUDY OF ONLINE PROCESSES FOR OVERSEAS
MILITARY PERSONNEL
Sec. 101.151. FEASIBILITY STUDY OF ONLINE PROCESSES FOR
OVERSEAS MILITARY PERSONNEL. (a) The secretary of state shall
conduct a study to consider the feasibility of creating an entirely
electronic process for a person eligible for early voting by mail
under Section 101.001(2)(A) or (B) to:
(1) register to vote; and
(2) request an early voting ballot to be voted by mail.
(b) The study must examine what assistance the secretary of
state could provide to counties to facilitate implementation of the
processes described by Subsection (a).
Sec. 101.152. EXPIRATION. This subchapter expires
September 1, 2019.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.