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AN ACT
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relating to voting by mail, including the cancellation of an |
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application for a ballot to be voted by mail. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 84, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 84.038 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 84.038. CANCELLATION EFFECTIVE FOR SINGLE ELECTION FOR |
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CERTAIN VOTERS. The cancellation of an application for a ballot to |
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be voted by mail under Section 84.032(c), (d), or (e) does not |
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cancel the application with respect to a subsequent election to |
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which the same application applies under Section 86.0015(b). |
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SECTION 2. Section 86.0015, Subsection (b), Election Code, |
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is amended by adding a new Section (3) to read as follows: |
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(3) A person eligible to submit an application under |
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this section may apply to receive all ballots in an even numbered |
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year on the same application submitted for a ballot in the November |
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general election of an odd year. |
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SECTION 3. Section 86.013(d), Election Code, is amended by |
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adding a new Subsection (6) to read as follows: |
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(6) The secretary of state by rule may redesign the |
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official carrier envelope by moving all the requirements of (1) |
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through (5) to a separate sheet and styling the signature box to |
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insure that a voter is instructed to and must sign over the flap. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1034 passed the Senate on |
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May 8, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the |
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Senate concurred in House amendment on May 30, 2015, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1034 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 143, |
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Nays 1, zero present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |