| 85R14556 GRM-F | ||
| By: Bohac | H.B. No. 4034 | |
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| relating to updating a voter's information using information | ||
| provided on a federal postcard application or an application for an | ||
| early voting ballot. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 16.031(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) The registrar shall cancel a voter's registration | ||
| immediately on receipt of: | ||
| (1) notice under Section 13.072(b) or 15.021 or a | ||
| response under Section 15.053 that the voter's residence is outside | ||
| the county; | ||
| (2) an abstract of the voter's death certificate under | ||
| Section 16.001(a) or an abstract of an application indicating that | ||
| the voter is deceased under Section 16.001(b); | ||
| (3) an abstract of a final judgment of the voter's | ||
| total mental incapacity, partial mental incapacity without the | ||
| right to vote, conviction of a felony, or disqualification under | ||
| Section 16.002, 16.003, or 16.004; | ||
| (4) notice under Section 112.012 that the voter has | ||
| applied for a limited ballot in another county; | ||
| (5) notice from a voter registration official in | ||
| another state that the voter has registered to vote outside this | ||
| state; | ||
| (6) notice from the early voting clerk under Section | ||
| 101.053 [ |
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| an applicant states a voting residence address located outside the | ||
| registrar's county; or | ||
| (7) notice from the secretary of state that the voter | ||
| has registered to vote in another county, as determined by the | ||
| voter's driver's license number or personal identification card | ||
| number issued by the Department of Public Safety or social security | ||
| number. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 84, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 84.014 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 84.014. ACTION BY EARLY VOTING CLERK ON CERTAIN | ||
| APPLICATIONS. If an applicant provides a date of birth, driver's | ||
| license number, or social security number on the applicant's | ||
| application for an early voting ballot to be voted by mail that is | ||
| different from or in addition to the information maintained by the | ||
| voter registrar in accordance with Title 2, the early voting clerk | ||
| shall notify the voter registrar. The voter registrar shall update | ||
| the voter's record with the information provided by the applicant. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 101.053, Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 101.053. ACTION BY EARLY VOTING CLERK ON CERTAIN | ||
| APPLICATIONS. (a) The early voting clerk shall notify the voter | ||
| registrar of a federal postcard application submitted by an | ||
| applicant that states a voting residence address located outside | ||
| the registrar's county. | ||
| (b) If an applicant provides a date of birth, driver's | ||
| license number, or social security number on the applicant's | ||
| federal postcard application that is different from or in addition | ||
| to the information maintained by the voter registrar in accordance | ||
| with Title 2, the early voting clerk shall notify the voter | ||
| registrar. The voter registrar shall update the voter's record | ||
| with the information provided by the applicant. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||