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| 1 | 1 | 87S10271 SMT-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Bucy H.B. No. 66 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to an application for an early voting ballot by mail. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 84.001, Election Code, is amended by | |
| 10 | 10 | amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as | |
| 11 | 11 | follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (e) Except as provided by Subsection (e-1), an application | |
| 13 | 13 | [An applicant] for a ballot to be voted by mail serves as an | |
| 14 | 14 | application both [may apply] for a ballot [ballots] for the main | |
| 15 | 15 | election and for any resulting runoff election [on the same | |
| 16 | 16 | application]. If an application [for the main election and any | |
| 17 | 17 | resulting runoff] is not timely for the main election, it will be | |
| 18 | 18 | considered timely for any resulting runoff if received not later | |
| 19 | 19 | than the deadline, determined using the date of the runoff | |
| 20 | 20 | election, for submitting a regular application for a ballot to be | |
| 21 | 21 | voted by mail. | |
| 22 | 22 | (e-1) An applicant for a ballot to be voted by mail for the | |
| 23 | 23 | main election may request not to receive a ballot for a resulting | |
| 24 | 24 | runoff election. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | |
| 26 | 26 | last day of the legislative session. |