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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the deadline for an early voting ballot board to |
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determine whether to accept voters' ballots. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 65.051(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The early voting ballot board shall verify and count |
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provisional ballots as provided by this subchapter not later than |
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the 10th [ninth] day after the date of an election. |
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SECTION 2. Section 87.041, Election Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: |
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(h) The early voting ballot board shall determine whether to |
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accept mail ballots as provided by this section not later than the |
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10th day after the date of an election. |
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SECTION 3. Section 87.0431(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Not later than the 10th day after the local canvass |
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[election day], the presiding judge of the early voting ballot |
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board shall deliver written notice of the reason for the rejection |
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of a ballot to the voter at the residence address on the ballot |
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application. If the ballot was transmitted to the voter by e-mail |
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under Subchapter C, Chapter 101, the presiding judge shall also |
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provide the notice to the e-mail address to which the ballot was |
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sent. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |