87S20440 KJE-D
By: Blanco, et al. S.B. No. 60
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the registration of voters at a polling place and
related procedures.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 12, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 12.007 to read as follows:
Sec. 12.007. CERTAIN ELECTION OFFICERS ARE VOTER
REGISTRARS. An election officer serving a polling place for early
voting by personal appearance is a deputy voter registrar and has
the same authority as a regular deputy registrar.
SECTION 2. Chapter 62, Election Code, is amended by adding
Section 62.0015 to read as follows:
Sec. 62.0015. VOTER REGISTRARS MUST BE PRESENT. Two voter
registrars must be present at each polling place while the polls are
open.
SECTION 3. Chapter 63, Election Code, is amended by adding
Section 63.010 to read as follows:
Sec. 63.010. REGISTRATION AT POLLING PLACE. (a) A person
who would be eligible to vote in an election under Section 11.001,
but for the requirement to be a registered voter, shall be accepted
during voting by personal appearance for voting the ballot for the
precinct of the person's residence as shown by the identification
presented if, on the day the person offers to vote, the person:
(1) submits a voter registration application that
complies with Section 13.002 to an election officer at the polling
place; and
(2) presents as proof of residence a form of photo
identification described by Section 63.0101(a) that states the
person's current address.
(b) The election officer shall return the original proof of
residence to the voter.
(c) A person voting under this section shall vote a
provisional ballot in the manner provided by Section 63.011 except
that the person is not required to submit the affidavit under
Section 63.011(a).
(d) For each registration corresponding to a ballot cast
under this section, the voter registrar shall review the
application and determine whether the applicant is eligible for
registration as provided by Subchapter C, Chapter 13. A
registration approved under this subsection takes effect on the
date the vote was cast.
(e) The secretary of state may by rule prescribe procedures
to implement this section.
SECTION 4. Section 85.031(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) For each person entitled to vote an early voting ballot
by personal appearance or entitled to register at a polling place,
the early voting clerk shall follow the procedure for accepting or
registering a regular voter on election day, with the modifications
necessary for the conduct of early voting.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
last day of the legislative session.