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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study on the feasibility of electronic voter |
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registration and applications for a ballot to be voted by mail for |
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overseas military personnel. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 101, Election Code, is amended by adding |
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Subchapter D to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER D. FEASIBILITY STUDY OF ONLINE PROCESSES FOR OVERSEAS |
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MILITARY PERSONNEL |
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Sec. 101.151. FEASIBILITY STUDY OF ONLINE PROCESSES FOR |
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OVERSEAS MILITARY PERSONNEL. (a) The secretary of state shall |
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conduct a study to consider the feasibility of creating an entirely |
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electronic process for a person eligible for early voting by mail |
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under Section 101.001(2)(A) or (B) to: |
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(1) register to vote; and |
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(2) request an early voting ballot to be voted by mail. |
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(b) The study must examine what assistance the secretary of |
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state could provide to counties to facilitate implementation of the |
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processes described by Subsection (a). |
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Sec. 101.152. EXPIRATION. This subchapter expires |
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September 1, 2019. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2017. |