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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to voting a limited ballot. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 112.002(a) and (d), Election Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) After changing residence to another county, a person is |
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eligible to vote a limited ballot on election day, by personal |
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appearance during the early voting period, or by mail if: |
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(1) the person would have been eligible to vote in the |
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county of former residence on election day if still residing in that |
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county; |
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(2) the person is registered to vote in the county of |
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former residence at the time the person: |
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(A) offers to vote in the county of new |
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residence; or |
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(B) submitted a voter registration application |
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in the county of new residence; and |
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(3) a voter registration for the person in the county |
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of new residence is not effective on or before election day. |
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(d) A statement executed under Subsection (c) shall be |
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submitted: |
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(1) to an election officer at the [main early voting] |
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polling place[, if the person is voting by personal appearance]; or |
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(2) with the person's application for a ballot to be |
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voted by mail, if the person is voting by mail. |
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SECTION 2. Section 112.004, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 112.004. OFFICES AND MEASURES ON WHICH VOTER ENTITLED |
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TO VOTE. A person voting a limited ballot is entitled to vote only |
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on[:
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[(1)] each office and proposition stating a measure to |
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be voted on statewide[; and
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[(2)
each office and proposition stating a measure to
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be voted on in a territorial unit of which the person was a resident
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both before changing county of residence and after the change]. |
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SECTION 3. Section 112.006, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 112.006. PLACE FOR VOTING BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE. A |
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person may vote a limited ballot by personal appearance: |
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(1) at any early voting polling place; or |
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(2) at the discretion of the county clerk, on election |
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day at: |
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(A) a countywide polling place or the polling |
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place located in the precinct of the new residence of the voter; or |
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(B) the clerk's office or the location that |
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served as [only at] the main early voting polling place. |
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SECTION 4. Section 112.009, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 112.009. PREPARING VOTING MACHINE. Before permitting |
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a person to vote a limited ballot on a voting machine, the county |
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[early voting] clerk shall adjust the machine so that votes may be |
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cast only on each office and proposition stating a measure to be |
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voted on statewide [the offices and propositions stating measures
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on which the voter is entitled to vote]. |
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SECTION 5. Section 112.010(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) If [early] voting [by personal appearance] is conducted |
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by voting machine, the county [early voting] clerk may conduct [the
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personal appearance] voting of limited ballots by using official |
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ballots for early voting by mail. |
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SECTION 6. Section 112.011, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 112.011. INFORMATION FOR LIMITED BALLOT [ON DISTRICT
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COMPOSITION]. [(a)] In each even-numbered year, the secretary of |
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state shall prepare information on each office and proposition |
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stating a measure to be voted on statewide [the territorial
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composition of each district for which an officer of the state
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government is regularly elected at the general election for state
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and county officers]. |
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[(b)
The information must include the data necessary to
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enable an early voting clerk to determine the district offices on
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which a voter under this chapter is eligible to vote.
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[(c)] The secretary shall deliver the information to each |
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county clerk at a date early enough to prepare ballots or program |
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voting machines [before the 20th day before general primary
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election day]. |
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SECTION 7. Section 112.012, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 112.012. NOTIFICATION TO VOTER REGISTRAR. Not later |
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than the 30th day after receipt of an application for a limited |
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ballot, the county [early voting] clerk shall notify the voter |
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registrar for the voter's former county of residence that the voter |
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has applied for a limited ballot. |
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SECTION 8. Section 112.008, Election Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |