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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the submission by telephonic facsimile or electronic |
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transmission of an application for a ballot to be voted by mail. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 84.007(b), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) An application must be submitted to the early voting |
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clerk by: |
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(1) mail; |
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(2) common or contract carrier; |
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(3) [subject to Subsection (b-1),] telephonic |
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facsimile machine, if a machine is available in the clerk's office; |
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or |
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(4) [subject to Subsection (b-1),] electronic |
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transmission of a scanned application containing an original |
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signature. |
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SECTION 2. Section 84.007(b-1), Election Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an application for a ballot to be voted by mail submitted on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. An application for a ballot |
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to be voted by mail submitted before the effective date of this Act |
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is governed by the law in effect when the application was submitted, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |