78R5513 DRH-D
By: Madden H.B. No. 2636
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notifying an applicant of the omission of certain
information from a federal postcard application to vote in an
election.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 101.004, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (j) and adding Subsection (k) to read as
follows:
(j) If the early voting clerk determines that an application
that is submitted before the time prescribed by Subsection (e)(1)
does not contain the information that is required for registration
under Title 2, the clerk shall notify the applicant of that fact.
If the applicant has provided a telephone number or an address for
receiving mail over the Internet, the clerk shall notify the
applicant by that medium.
(k) If the applicant submits the missing information before
the time prescribed by Subsection (e)(1), the applicant is entitled
to receive a full ballot to be voted by mail under this chapter. If
the applicant submits the missing information after the time
prescribed by Subsection (e)(1), the applicant is entitled to
receive a full ballot to be voted by mail for the next election that
occurs:
(1) in the same calendar year; and
(2) at least 30 days after the date the information is
submitted.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.