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Amend CSSB 9 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) Strike SECTION 2.01 of the bill, adding Section 13.002(c-1), Election Code (page 3, line 65, through page 4, line 2), and substitute the following:
SECTION 2.01. Section 13.002, Election Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c-1) An application may not be accepted if, at the time the applicant received the application, a box on the application was marked to indicate that the applicant:
(1) is a United States citizen; or
(2) will be 18 years of age or older on election day.
(2) In ARTICLE 4 of the bill, add the following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of ARTICLE 4 accordingly:
SECTION 4.___. Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Election Code, is amended by adding Section 31.014 to read as follows:
Sec. 31.014. RULES. The secretary of state shall adopt rules establishing best practices for:
(1) maintaining the physical and digital security of elections infrastructure and systems; and
(2) restricting access to elections infrastructure and systems to authorized personnel.
(3) In SECTION 5.02 of the bill, in added Section 129.003, Election Code (page 8, line 51), strike "and audited".
(4) In SECTION 5.02 of the bill, strike added Section 129.003(c), Election Code (page 8, lines 57 through 67), and substitute the following:
(c) The electronic vote is the official record of the vote cast if a risk-limiting audit conducted under Section 127.302 produces strong evidence that the reported outcome of the election matches the results that a full counting of the paper records would reveal.
(c-1) The paper record is the official record of the vote cast:
(1) for a recount under Title 13, including a recount of ballots cast on a system involving direct recording electronic voting machines; or
(2) if a risk-limiting audit conducted under Section 127.302 fails to produce strong evidence that the reported outcome of the election matches the results that a full counting of the paper records would reveal.
(5) In SECTION 5.02 of the bill, in added Section 129.003(e), Election Code (page 9, line 15), strike "Subsections (a)-(c)" and substitute "Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (c-1)".