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House Bill 658 |
House Author: Bernal et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-17 |
Senate Sponsor: Hughes et al. |
House Bill 658 amends the Election Code and Health and Safety Code to authorize an election officer to accept a voter with a mobility problem that substantially impairs the voter's ability to ambulate before accepting other voters at the polling place who arrived before the voter with a mobility problem. The bill sets out posting requirements for the notice of the priority given to such voters and authorizes a person assisting a voter with such a mobility problem to be accepted to vote concurrently with the voter at the voter's request. The bill establishes early voting procedures for residents of a nursing home, other long-term care facility, or retirement center in which a significant number of occupants, patients, or residents lack adequate transportation to an appropriate polling place, need assistance in voting, are 65 years of age or older or are disabled or are indefinitely confined.