| 1 | 1 | | 88R1210 MLH-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bucy H.B. No. 374 |
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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 an application for an early voting ballot by mail. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 84.001, Election Code, is amended by |
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| 10 | 10 | | amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as |
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| 11 | 11 | | follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (e) Except as provided by Subsection (e-1), an application |
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| 13 | 13 | | [An applicant] for a ballot to be voted by mail serves as an |
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| 14 | 14 | | application both [may apply] for a ballot [ballots] for the main |
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| 15 | 15 | | election and for any resulting runoff election [on the same |
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| 16 | 16 | | application]. If an application [for the main election and any |
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| 17 | 17 | | resulting runoff] is not timely for the main election, it will be |
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| 18 | 18 | | considered timely for any resulting runoff if received not later |
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| 19 | 19 | | than the deadline, determined using the date of the runoff |
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| 20 | 20 | | election, for submitting a regular application for a ballot to be |
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| 21 | 21 | | voted by mail. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (e-1) An applicant for a ballot to be voted by mail for the |
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| 23 | 23 | | main election may request not to receive a ballot for a resulting |
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| 24 | 24 | | runoff election. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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