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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the availability of certain voter information. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 85.072, Election Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows: |
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(f) The early voting clerk shall provide, in a downloadable |
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database format, a current copy of the register for posting on the |
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Internet website of the authority ordering the election, if the |
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authority maintains a website, each day early voting is conducted. |
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At a minimum, the voter registration number for each voter listed in |
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the register must be posted. |
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(g) The early voting clerk shall compile the registers and |
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electronically submit to the secretary of state a record of each |
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voter participating in a primary, a runoff primary, a general |
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election, or any special election ordered by the governor not later |
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than the day the voter votes in person or the early voting clerk |
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receives a ballot voted by mail. |
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SECTION 2. Section 87.121, Election Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (g) and (h) and adding Subsections (i) and (j) |
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to read as follows: |
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(g) Information on the roster for a person who votes an |
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early voting ballot by personal appearance shall be made available |
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for public inspection as provided by Subsection (i) not later than |
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11 a.m. [the beginning of regular business hours] on the day after |
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the date the information is entered on the roster under Subsection |
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(c). |
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(h) Information on the roster for a person who votes an |
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early voting ballot by mail shall be made available for public |
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inspection as provided by Subsection (i) not later than 11 a.m. on |
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the day following the day the early voting clerk receives a ballot |
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voted by mail. |
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(i) The information under Subsections (g) and (h) must be |
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made available: |
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(1) for an election in which the county clerk is the |
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early voting clerk: |
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(A) on the publicly accessible Internet website |
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of the county; or |
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(B) if the county does not maintain a website, on |
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the bulletin board used for posting notice of meetings of the |
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commissioners court; or |
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(2) for an election not described by Subdivision (1): |
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(A) on the publicly accessible Internet website |
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of the authority ordering the election; or |
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(B) if the authority ordering the election does |
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not maintain a website, on the bulletin board used for posting |
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notice of meetings of the governing body of the authority. |
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(j) The secretary of state shall make any early voting |
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roster created under this section available to the public on the |
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secretary's Internet website. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |