79R7090 DRH-D


By:  Keel                                                         H.B. No. 2405



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to prohibiting a person not entitled to receive an early 
voting ballot by mail from casting that ballot; providing a 
criminal penalty.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 84.001, Election Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsection (g) to read as 
follows:
	(f)  A person who has not made an application as provided by 
this title is not entitled to receive an early voting ballot to be 
voted by mail.  A marked ballot voted by mail of a person who has not 
made an application as provided by this title may not be counted.
	(g)  A person commits an offense if the person votes a ballot 
by mail with knowledge that the person is not entitled to receive an 
early voting ballot to be voted by mail.  An offense under this 
subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies only to an election ordered on 
or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.