88R1210 MLH-D
 
  By: Bucy H.B. No. 374
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an application for an early voting ballot by mail.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 84.001, Election Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as
  follows:
         (e)  Except as provided by Subsection (e-1), an application
  [An applicant] for a ballot to be voted by mail serves as an
  application both [may apply] for a ballot [ballots] for the main
  election and for any resulting runoff election [on the same
  application].  If an application [for the main election and any
  resulting runoff] is not timely for the main election, it will be
  considered timely for any resulting runoff if received not later
  than the deadline, determined using the date of the runoff
  election, for submitting a regular application for a ballot to be
  voted by mail.
         (e-1)  An applicant for a ballot to be voted by mail for the
  main election may request not to receive a ballot for a resulting
  runoff election.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.