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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to verification of a voter's registration on offering to |
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vote. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 63.006, Election Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) A voter who, when offering to vote, presents the |
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documentation required under Section 63.001(b) but whose name is |
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not on the precinct list of registered voters shall be accepted for |
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voting if the voter registrar verifies the voter as a registered |
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voter and the voter [also] presents a voter registration |
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certificate indicating that the voter is currently registered: |
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(1) in the precinct in which the voter is offering to |
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vote; or |
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(2) in a different precinct in the same county as the |
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precinct in which the voter is offering to vote and the voter |
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executes an affidavit stating that the voter: |
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(A) is a resident of the precinct in which the |
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voter is offering to vote or is otherwise entitled by law to vote in |
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that precinct; |
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(B) was a resident of the precinct in which the |
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voter is offering to vote at the time the information on the voter's |
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residence address was last provided to the voter registrar; |
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(C) did not deliberately provide false |
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information to secure registration in a precinct in which the voter |
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does not reside; and |
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(D) is voting only once in the election. |
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(c) A voter who is not accepted to vote under this section |
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shall be accepted for provisional voting if the voter executes an |
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affidavit in accordance with Section 63.011. |
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SECTION 2. Section 63.011(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) A person to whom Section 63.001(g), 63.006(c), or 63.009 |
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applies may cast a provisional ballot if the person executes an |
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affidavit stating that the person: |
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(1) is a registered voter in the precinct in which the |
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person seeks to vote; and |
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(2) is eligible to vote in the election. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |