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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study by the secretary of state on the accuracy of the |
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information contained in the statewide voter information database. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 18, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 18.070 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 18.070. STUDY ON ACCURACY OF VOTER INFORMATION |
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DATABASE. (a) The secretary of state shall conduct a study |
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regarding the accuracy of the statewide computerized voter |
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registration list and any related database. |
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(b) The study conducted under Subsection (a) must include: |
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(1) an examination of the processes by which each: |
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(A) voter registrar provides voter registration |
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information to the secretary of state under Section 18.061; and |
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(B) general custodian of election records |
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provides voter participation information to the secretary of state |
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under Section 18.069; |
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(2) a comparison of the voter information contained in |
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the voter information database maintained by the secretary of state |
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to the voter information contained in the database maintained by |
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each county; and |
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(3) any other recommendations for legislative or other |
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action to ensure that the statewide voter information contained in |
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the database maintained by the secretary is synchronized with the |
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information contained in the databases maintained by each county. |
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(c) Not later than September 1, 2024, the secretary of state |
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shall prepare and submit a report on the study's findings to the |
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standing committees of each house of the legislature that have |
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jurisdiction over elections. |
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(d) This section expires September 1, 2025. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |