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| 1 | 1 | 87R6420 SGM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Bucy H.B. No. 3873 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the use of an accessible absentee mail system by certain | |
| 8 | 8 | voters. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 81, Election Code, is amended by adding | |
| 11 | 11 | Section 81.006 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 81.006. ACCESSIBLE ABSENTEE BALLOT SYSTEM. (a) A | |
| 13 | 13 | person eligible for early voting by mail under Section 82.002 or | |
| 14 | 14 | Section 101.001 as a person described by Section 101.001(2)(A) may | |
| 15 | 15 | cast a ballot using an accessible absentee mail system, | |
| 16 | 16 | notwithstanding any other provision of this title. | |
| 17 | 17 | (b) An accessible absentee mail system must be an electronic | |
| 18 | 18 | system, including software, used for the sole purpose of enabling | |
| 19 | 19 | any voter, including a voter who has a disability, to mark the | |
| 20 | 20 | voter's ballot and print and submit the ballot in the manner | |
| 21 | 21 | required by law for a ballot marked by the voter. | |
| 22 | 22 | (c) The secretary of state shall adopt rules and prescribe | |
| 23 | 23 | procedures for the implementation of this section. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |