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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the classification of certain voter information as |
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public information for a provisional or rejected vote by mail |
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ballot. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 63.011, Election Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) If a provisional ballot is cast under this section |
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because the voter does not meet the identification requirements of |
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Section 63.001(b), a list of the voter's name and registration |
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number shall be compiled, and the information contained on the list |
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is public information for the purposes of Chapter 552, Government |
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Code. The governmental entity responsible for conducting the |
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election shall post daily the compiled list on the entity's |
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Internet website if it maintains one. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 87, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 87.064 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 87.064. DAILY STATUS REPORT ON EARLY VOTING BALLOTS BY |
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MAIL. (a) Each day that early voting by personal appearance is |
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conducted, the early voting ballot board shall compile a list of |
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voters who voted early by mail. The information contained on the |
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list is public information for the purposes of Chapter 552, |
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Government Code. The list shall contain for each person to whom a |
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ballot to be voted by mail was provided: |
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(1) the voter's name and registration number; |
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(2) whether the voter's early voting ballot by mail was |
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received; |
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(3) to the extent applicable to the election, whether |
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the signature verification committee has determined the signatures |
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are not those of the voter; and |
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(4) whether the early voting ballot by mail has been |
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accepted or rejected by the early voting board. |
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(b) The governmental entity responsible for conducting the |
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election shall post daily the compiled list on the entity's |
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Internet website if it maintains one. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |