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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to public access to information contained in an early |
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voting roster. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 87.121, Election Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (c), (d), (g), and (h), and adding Subsection |
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(i) to read as follows: |
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(c) Each roster shall be updated at the end of each day to |
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include the information relating to persons who voted early by |
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personal appearance on that day and whose ballots to be voted early |
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by mail were received on that day [daily]. |
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(d) Each roster may be maintained in any electronic form |
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approved by the secretary of state that is capable of being posted |
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on an Internet website as provided by Subsection (g) or (h) and |
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downloaded onto a compact disc, digital versatile disc, or similar |
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digital storage medium. |
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(g) Information on the roster for a person who votes an |
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early voting ballot by personal appearance shall be made available |
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for public inspection in person and on the Internet website of the |
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authority ordering the election, not later than the beginning of |
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regular business hours on the day after the date the information is |
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entered on the roster under Subsection (c). |
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(h) Information on the roster for a person who votes an |
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early voting ballot by mail shall be made available for public |
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inspection in person and on the Internet website of the authority |
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ordering the election, not later than the day following the day the |
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early voting clerk receives a ballot voted by mail. |
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(i) If the authority ordering an election does not maintain |
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an Internet website, the information required under Subsection (g) |
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or (h) shall be made available on the Internet website of the |
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secretary of state within the time required by Subsection (g) or |
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(h). The secretary of state shall ensure that an authority has |
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access to provide information required by this section on the |
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secretary of state's Internet website. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |