Amend CSSB 14 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) Strike SECTIONS 1 and 2 of the bill (page 1, line 5, through page 2, line 2) and renumber the remaining SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.
(2) In SECTION 9 of the bill, strike amended Section 63.001(b), Election Code (page 5, lines 2 through 6), and substitute the following:
(b) On offering to vote, a voter must present to an election officer at the polling place:
(1) one form of photo identification described by Section 63.0101; or
(2) the voter's voter registration certificate, accompanied by the affidavit described by Subsection (h) [to an election officer at the polling place].
(3) In SECTION 9 of the bill, strike added Section 63.001(h), Election Code (page 6, lines 15 through 23), and substitute the following:
(h) If the requirement for identification prescribed by Subsection (b)(1) is not met, an election officer shall notify the voter that the voter may be accepted for voting if the voter executes an affidavit under penalty of perjury stating that the voter is the person named on the voter registration certificate.
(4) Strike SECTION 17 of the bill (page 11, line 24, through page 12, line 20) and substitute the following:
SECTION 17. Section 65.054(b), Election Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) A provisional ballot shall [may] be accepted [only] if the board determines that:
(1) [,] from the information in the affidavit or contained in public records, the person is eligible to vote in the election and has not previously voted in that election; and
(2) the person meets the identification requirements of Section 63.001(b) at the time the ballot was cast or in the period prescribed under Section 65.0541.
(5) In SECTION 18 of the bill, strike added Section 65.0541(a), Election Code (page 12, line 24, through page 13, line 4) and substitute the following:
(a) A voter who is accepted for provisional voting under Section 63.011 because the voter does not meet the identification requirements of Section 63.001(b) may, not later than the sixth day after the date of the election, present a form of identification described by Section 63.0101 to the voter registrar for examination.