By: Creighton, Bettencourt S.J.R. No. 51
(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2021; March 18, 2021, read
first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
April 20, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6,
Nays 2, one present not voting; April 20, 2021, sent to printer.)
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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the unsolicited
distribution of an application form for an absentee ballot.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2, Article VI, Texas Constitution, is
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) An officer or employee of this state or of a political
subdivision of this state may not distribute an official
application form for an absentee ballot to a person unless the
person has requested the distribution.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment prohibiting the
unsolicited distribution of an application form for an absentee
ballot."
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