| 1 | 1 | | 88R2028 SGM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Cole H.B. No. 1269 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the deadline for an early voting ballot board to |
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| 8 | 8 | | determine whether to accept voters' ballots. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 65.051(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) The early voting ballot board shall verify and count |
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| 13 | 13 | | provisional ballots as provided by this subchapter not later than |
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| 14 | 14 | | the 10th [ninth] day after the date of an election. |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 2. Section 87.041, Election Code, is amended by |
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| 16 | 16 | | adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (h) The early voting ballot board shall determine whether to |
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| 18 | 18 | | accept mail ballots as provided by this section not later than the |
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| 19 | 19 | | 10th day after the date of an election. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 3. Section 87.0431(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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| 21 | 21 | | read as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) Not later than the 10th day after the local canvass |
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| 23 | 23 | | [election day], the presiding judge of the early voting ballot |
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| 24 | 24 | | board shall deliver written notice of the reason for the rejection |
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| 25 | 25 | | of a ballot to the voter at the residence address on the ballot |
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| 26 | 26 | | application. If the ballot was transmitted to the voter by e-mail |
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| 27 | 27 | | under Subchapter C, Chapter 101, the presiding judge shall also |
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| 28 | 28 | | provide the notice to the e-mail address to which the ballot was |
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| 29 | 29 | | sent. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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