| 1 | 1 | | 87R6472 SGM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Paul H.B. No. 2263 |
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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 requirements for accepting certain election |
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| 8 | 8 | | materials. |
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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 13.072(c), Election Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), if the registrar |
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| 13 | 13 | | determines that an application does not comply with Section 13.002 |
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| 14 | 14 | | or does not indicate that the applicant is eligible for |
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| 15 | 15 | | registration, the registrar shall reject the application. The |
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| 16 | 16 | | registrar may not cure the application. |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 65, Election Code, is |
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| 18 | 18 | | amended by adding Section 65.0105 to read as follows: |
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| 19 | 19 | | Sec. 65.0105. NO OPPORTUNITY TO CURE. Except as provided by |
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| 20 | 20 | | Section 65.0541, a ballot that does not meet the requirements for |
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| 21 | 21 | | acceptance must be rejected and may not be cured by: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) the voter; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) an election officer; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (3) a presiding judge or member of the early voting |
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| 25 | 25 | | ballot board; or |
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| 26 | 26 | | (4) a chair or member of a signature verification |
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| 27 | 27 | | committee. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 3. Section 86.001(c), Election Code, is amended to |
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| 29 | 29 | | read as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (c) Except as provided by Section 86.008, if the applicant |
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| 31 | 31 | | is not entitled to vote by mail, the clerk shall reject the |
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| 32 | 32 | | application, enter on the application "rejected" and the reason for |
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| 33 | 33 | | and date of rejection, and deliver written notice of the reason for |
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| 34 | 34 | | the rejection to the applicant at both the residence address and |
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| 35 | 35 | | mailing address on the application. A ballot may not be provided to |
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| 36 | 36 | | an applicant whose application is rejected. The clerk may not cure |
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| 37 | 37 | | an application. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 4. Section 141.062(c), Election Code, is amended to |
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| 39 | 39 | | read as follows: |
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| 40 | 40 | | (c) Once submitted, [After the filing deadline: |
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| 41 | 41 | | [(1)] a candidate may not amend a petition in lieu of a |
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| 42 | 42 | | filing fee submitted with the candidate's application without a |
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| 43 | 43 | | notarized affidavit [;] and |
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| 44 | 44 | | [(2)] the authority with whom the application is filed |
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| 45 | 45 | | may not accept an amendment to a petition in lieu of a filing fee |
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| 46 | 46 | | submitted with the candidate's application that does not include a |
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| 47 | 47 | | notarized affidavit. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act in adding |
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| 49 | 49 | | Section 65.0105, Election Code, and amending Section 141.062(c), |
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| 50 | 50 | | Election Code, apply only to an election ordered on or after the |
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| 51 | 51 | | effective date of this Act. |
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| 52 | 52 | | SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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