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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the reporting of voting history. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 18.069, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 18.069. VOTING HISTORY. (a) The [Not later than the
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30th day after the date of the primary, runoff primary, or general
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election or any special election ordered by the governor, the] |
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registrar shall electronically submit to the secretary of state the |
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record of each voter participating in a primary, runoff primary, |
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general election, or any special election ordered by the governor |
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not later than the day the voter votes in person or the early voting |
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clerk receives a ballot voted by mail [the election]. |
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(b) The record must include a notation of whether the voter |
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voted on election day, voted early by personal appearance, voted |
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early by mail under Chapter 86, or voted early by mail under Chapter |
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101. |
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SECTION 2. Section 87.121, Election Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: |
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(i) 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. |