| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to the eligibility of certain voters to vote a limited |
|
|
ballot in a new county of residence. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Section 112.002(a), Election Code, is amended to |
|
|
read as follows: |
|
|
(a) After changing residence to another county, a person is |
|
|
eligible to vote a limited ballot by personal appearance during the |
|
|
early voting period or by mail if: |
|
|
(1) the person would have been eligible to vote in the |
|
|
county of former residence on election day if still residing in that |
|
|
county; |
|
|
(2) the person is [was] registered to vote in the |
|
|
county of former residence at the time the person offers to vote in |
|
|
the county of new [when the voter changed] residence; and |
|
|
(3) a voter registration for the person in the county |
|
|
of new residence is not effective on or before election day. |
|
|
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |