79R2507 JRJ-F

By:  Menendez                                                     H.B. No. 2969



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the disclosure of certain information from an early 
voting roster.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 87.121(f), Election Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	(f)  Information on the roster for a person to whom an early 
voting mail ballot has been sent is not available for public 
inspection, except to the voter seeking to verify that the 
information pertaining to the voter is accurate, until:
		(1)  the first business day after election day; or              
		(2)  if the person indicated on an application to vote 
by mail that the application was also for any resulting runoff 
election, the first business day after the day of any resulting 
runoff election.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.