LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 29, 2021 TO: Honorable Briscoe Cain, Chair, House Committee on Elections FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB4369 by Noble (relating to ballots voted by mail.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Election Code to require comparison of voters' signatures on ballots voted by mail to the signature on the corresponding application to vote by mail, unless the application was signed by a witness. The early voting clerk would also be required to make available for review signatures for each applicant for a ballot to be voted by mail from the previous six years and to have software available to electronically display available signatures. It is assumed that the costs associated with the bill's provisions relating to ballots voted by mail could be absorbed using existing resources. Local Government ImpactAccording to the Election Administrators for Fort Bend and Williamson Counties, no significant fiscal impact is anticipated to either county. Source Agencies: b > td > LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, SLE, CMA, DPE
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 29, 2021
TO: Honorable Briscoe Cain, Chair, House Committee on Elections FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB4369 by Noble (relating to ballots voted by mail.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Briscoe Cain, Chair, House Committee on Elections
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB4369 by Noble (relating to ballots voted by mail.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable Briscoe Cain, Chair, House Committee on Elections
Honorable Briscoe Cain, Chair, House Committee on Elections
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB4369 by Noble (relating to ballots voted by mail.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
HB4369 by Noble (relating to ballots voted by mail.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Election Code to require comparison of voters' signatures on ballots voted by mail to the signature on the corresponding application to vote by mail, unless the application was signed by a witness. The early voting clerk would also be required to make available for review signatures for each applicant for a ballot to be voted by mail from the previous six years and to have software available to electronically display available signatures. It is assumed that the costs associated with the bill's provisions relating to ballots voted by mail could be absorbed using existing resources.
The bill would amend the Election Code to require comparison of voters' signatures on ballots voted by mail to the signature on the corresponding application to vote by mail, unless the application was signed by a witness. The early voting clerk would also be required to make available for review signatures for each applicant for a ballot to be voted by mail from the previous six years and to have software available to electronically display available signatures.
Local Government Impact
According to the Election Administrators for Fort Bend and Williamson Counties, no significant fiscal impact is anticipated to either county.
According to the Election Administrators for Fort Bend and Williamson Counties, no significant fiscal impact is anticipated to either county.
Source Agencies: b > td >
LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, SLE, CMA, DPE
JMc, SLE, CMA, DPE