| 1 | 1 | | 85R2061 ADM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Arévalo H.B. No. 962 |
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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 a study on the feasibility of electronic voter |
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| 8 | 8 | | registration and applications for a ballot to be voted by mail for |
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| 9 | 9 | | overseas military personnel. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 101, Election Code, is amended by adding |
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| 12 | 12 | | Subchapter D to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SUBCHAPTER D. FEASIBILITY STUDY OF ONLINE PROCESSES FOR OVERSEAS |
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| 14 | 14 | | MILITARY PERSONNEL |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 101.151. FEASIBILITY STUDY OF ONLINE PROCESSES FOR |
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| 16 | 16 | | OVERSEAS MILITARY PERSONNEL. (a) The secretary of state shall |
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| 17 | 17 | | conduct a study to consider the feasibility of creating an entirely |
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| 18 | 18 | | electronic process for a person eligible for early voting by mail |
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| 19 | 19 | | under Section 101.001(2)(A) or (B) to: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) register to vote; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) request an early voting ballot to be voted by mail. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) The study must examine what assistance the secretary of |
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| 23 | 23 | | state could provide to counties to facilitate implementation of the |
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| 24 | 24 | | processes described by Subsection (a). |
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| 25 | 25 | | Sec. 101.152. EXPIRATION. This subchapter expires |
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| 26 | 26 | | September 1, 2019. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 28 | 28 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 29 | 29 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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