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