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Amend HB 25 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) On page 1, strike lines 10 through 15, and substitute the following:
(3) casting a straight-party vote;
(4) casting a provisional ballot; and
(5) [until the expiration of Section 13.122(d), voting for the first time by a person who registered by mail; and
[(6)] securing an additional ballot if the voter's original ballot is spoiled.
(2) Strike page 1, line 16, through page 4, line 10, and substitute the following:
SECTION 2. Section 52.071, Election Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) This section applies only to a ballot to be voted by mail under Chapter 86.
(3) Renumber the SECTIONS of the bill appropriately.