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Senate Bill 1046 |
Senate Author: Duncan |
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Effective: 6-17-11 |
House Sponsor: Pena |
Senate Bill 1046 amends the Election Code to require the secretary of state to obtain quarterly from the United States Social Security Administration available information specified by the secretary of state relating to deceased residents of Texas and compare the information received to the statewide computerized voter registration list. The bill requires the secretary of state, if the secretary of state determines that a voter on the registration list is deceased, to notify the voter registrar of the counties considered appropriate by the secretary of state. The bill includes as a condition under which the voter registrar is required to cancel a voter's registration immediately that the registrar receives such notice.