79R8369 JRJ-D
By: Rodriguez H.B. No. 1414
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the acceptance and counting of certain ballots voted by
mail.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 86.007(d), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) A marked ballot voted by mail that arrives after the
time prescribed by Subsection (a) shall be counted if:
(1) the ballot was cast from an address outside the
United States;
(2) the carrier envelope was placed for delivery
before the time the ballot is required to arrive under Subsection
(a); and
(3) the ballot arrives at the address on the carrier
envelope not later than the fifth day after the date of the
election, except that if that date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or
legal state or national holiday, then the deadline is extended to
the next regular business day.
SECTION 2. Section 87.125, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) If the date prescribed by Subsection (a) for convening
the early voting ballot board is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal state
or national holiday, the early voting ballot board shall convene on
the next regular business day.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.