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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting temporary |
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suspension of absentee voting procedures and fixing deadlines for |
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absentee voting. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2, Article VI, Texas Constitution, is |
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amended by adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows: |
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(d) The qualifications for absentee voting and procedures |
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for conducting absentee voting may not be amended or suspended |
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except by specific law passed by the Legislature. |
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(e) A law passed by the Legislature granting the governor |
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general authority to suspend provisions of statute or rules of a |
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state agency does not grant the governor authority to amend or |
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suspend the qualifications for absentee voting or the procedures |
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for conducting absentee voting unless the law expressly provides |
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otherwise. |
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(f) A law passed by the Legislature granting the presiding |
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officer of the governing body of a political subdivision general |
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authority to declare a local state of disaster does not grant the |
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presiding officer of the governing body of a political subdivision |
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authority to amend or suspend the qualifications for absentee |
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voting or the procedures for conducting absentee voting unless the |
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law expressly provides otherwise. |
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SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment prohibiting temporary |
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suspension of absentee voting procedures and fixing deadlines for |
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absentee voting." |