By: Menéndez, Bettencourt S.B. No. 2451
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to personal information entered on the carrier envelope of
a ballot to be voted by mail.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 86.002, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d-1) and amending Subsection (g) to read as
follows:
(d-1) The secretary of state shall prescribe instructions
to be printed on the balloting materials for marking the ballot
envelope with the information required under Subsection (g). The
instructions must:
(1) be printed in at least a 10-point font;
(2) except as provided by Subdivision (3), not include
the text "V.U.I.D." or the words "voter registration number"; and
(3) contain the statement: "A voter registration
number (V.U.I.D.) does not satisfy the requirement to enter the
number of an election identification certificate and should not be
printed on the carrier envelope."
(g) The carrier envelope must include a space, at least one
half inch in height and two inches in width, that is hidden from
view when the envelope is sealed for the voter to enter the
following information:
(1) the number of the voter's driver's license,
election identification certificate, or personal identification
card issued by the Department of Public Safety;
(2) if the voter has not been issued a number described
by Subdivision (1), the last four digits of the voter's social
security number; or
(3) a statement by the applicant that the applicant
has not been issued a number described by Subdivision (1) or (2).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.