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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to providing a federal postcard applicant with a ballot |
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for any election in which the applicant is eligible to vote. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 101.054, Election Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) A person may apply with a single federal postcard |
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application for a ballot for any one or more elections in which the |
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person is eligible to vote [the early voting clerk to whom the
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application is submitted conducts early voting]. |
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(b) An application that does not identify the election for |
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which a ballot is requested shall be treated as if it requests a |
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ballot for: |
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(1) each general or special election held within one |
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year after the date the application is received in which the person |
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is eligible to vote [in which the clerk conducts early voting]; and |
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(2) the general primary election if the application |
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indicates party preference and is received within one year before |
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the date of the general primary election [submitted to the early
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voting clerk for the primary]. |
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(b-1) If an application under Subsection (b) indicates the |
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person is eligible to vote in an election in which the early voting |
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clerk who received the application does not conduct early voting, |
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the clerk shall forward a copy of the application in a form |
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prescribed by the secretary of state to each early voting clerk who |
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conducts early voting for an election in which the person is |
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eligible to vote. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |