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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an application for an early voting ballot by mail. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 84.001, Election Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(e) Except as provided by Subsection (e-1), an application |
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[An applicant] for a ballot to be voted by mail serves as an |
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application both [may apply] for a ballot [ballots] for the main |
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election and for any resulting runoff election [on the same |
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application]. If an application [for the main election and any |
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resulting runoff] is not timely for the main election, it will be |
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considered timely for any resulting runoff if received not later |
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than the deadline, determined using the date of the runoff |
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election, for submitting a regular application for a ballot to be |
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voted by mail. |
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(e-1) An applicant for a ballot to be voted by mail for the |
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main election may request not to receive a ballot for a resulting |
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runoff election. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |