88R1210 MLH-D
By: Bucy H.B. No. 374
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an application for an early voting ballot by mail.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 84.001, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as
follows:
(e) Except as provided by Subsection (e-1), an application
[An applicant] for a ballot to be voted by mail serves as an
application both [may apply] for a ballot [ballots] for the main
election and for any resulting runoff election [on the same
application]. If an application [for the main election and any
resulting runoff] is not timely for the main election, it will be
considered timely for any resulting runoff if received not later
than the deadline, determined using the date of the runoff
election, for submitting a regular application for a ballot to be
voted by mail.
(e-1) An applicant for a ballot to be voted by mail for the
main election may request not to receive a ballot for a resulting
runoff election.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.