By: Ellis S.B. No. 436 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to the registration of voters at a polling place. 1-2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-3 SECTION 1. Chapter 63, Election Code, is amended by adding 1-4 Section 63.0091 to read as follows: 1-5 Sec. 63.0091. REGISTRATION AT POLLING PLACE; VOTING 1-6 PROCEDURES. (a) This section applies to the conduct of voting and 1-7 to the registration of voters notwithstanding and in addition to 1-8 other applicable provisions of this code. 1-9 (b) A person who would be eligible to vote in an election 1-10 under Section 11.001 but for the requirement to be a registered 1-11 voter shall be accepted for voting in the precinct of the person's 1-12 residence if, on the day the person offers to vote, the person: 1-13 (1) submits a voter registration application that 1-14 complies with Section 13.002; and 1-15 (2)(A) presents one or more forms of identification 1-16 approved by the secretary of state that establish the person's 1-17 identity and residence; or 1-18 (B) submits an affidavit that: 1-19 (i) is executed by a registered voter of 1-20 the precinct who is present at the polling place with the person; 1-21 and 1-22 (ii) states the person's residence address 1-23 or, if the residence has no address, the address at which the 2-1 person receives mail and a concise description of the location of 2-2 the person's residence and states that the affiant has personal 2-3 knowledge of the location of the person's residence. 2-4 (c) Persons voting under this section shall be processed 2-5 separately at the polling place from persons who are voting under 2-6 normal procedures. The voted ballots of persons voting under this 2-7 section shall be kept separate from the other voted ballots. 2-8 (d) Not later than 72 hours after the polls close on 2-9 election day, the voter registrar shall determine whether each 2-10 person voting under this section was eligible for registration. If 2-11 a person was eligible for registration, the person's registration 2-12 is effective and the person's ballot shall be counted. If a person 2-13 was not eligible for registration, the person's ballot shall be 2-14 identified and separated from the other ballots. 2-15 (e) The secretary of state shall prescribe the procedures 2-16 necessary to implement this section and to ensure the proper and 2-17 orderly conduct of elections. 2-18 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 2-19 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.