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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an election officer providing and receiving an |
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application for annual mail ballots at a polling place. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 61, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 61.015 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 61.015. APPLICATION FOR EARLY VOTING BALLOT AT POLLING |
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PLACE. (a) An election officer may provide to and accept from a |
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voter who qualifies to receive ballots to be voted by mail under |
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Section 86.0015, an application for a ballot to be voted by mail and |
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may provide instructions for submitting the application under |
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Section 86.0015. |
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(b) An election officer may post at a polling place a sign in |
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the form prescribed by the secretary of state under Subsection (c) |
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that refers to the availability of application forms for an early |
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voting ballot to be voted by mail if the election officers have the |
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applications. |
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(c) The secretary of state: |
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(1) shall prescribe a sign that may be posted at a |
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polling place that refers to the availability of application forms |
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for an early voting ballot to be voted by mail; and |
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(2) may adopt rules as necessary to implement this |
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section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |