Bill Text: TX HB701 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to electronic submission of an application for an early voting ballot by mail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-28 - Referred to Elections [HB701 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB701-Introduced.html
| 88R391 ADM-D | ||
| By: González of Dallas | H.B. No. 701 | |
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| relating to electronic submission of an application for an early | ||
| voting ballot by mail. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sections 84.001(b) and (d), Election Code, are | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) Subject to Section 1.011 and except as provided by | ||
| Section 84.0091, an application must be submitted in writing and | ||
| signed by the applicant using ink on paper. An electronic signature | ||
| or photocopied signature is not permitted except as provided by | ||
| Section 84.0091. | ||
| (d) An application must be submitted [ |
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| voting clerk for the election who serves the election precinct of | ||
| the applicant's residence. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 84.007(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) Except as provided by Sections 84.008, [ |
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| 84.0091, an application for a ballot to be voted by mail must be | ||
| submitted as provided by this section. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subchapter A, Chapter 84, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 84.0091 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 84.0091. SUBMITTING APPLICATION FOR BALLOT VOTED BY | ||
| MAIL: ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION. (a) The secretary of state shall | ||
| implement a program to allow a person to complete an application for | ||
| an early voting ballot by mail over the Internet from the official | ||
| website of this state. The program must: | ||
| (1) permit an applicant to electronically sign the | ||
| application; | ||
| (2) deliver a completed application to the early | ||
| voting clerk for the election who serves the election precinct of | ||
| the applicant's residence; and | ||
| (3) permit an applicant to check the status of the | ||
| applicant's application. | ||
| (b) The program implemented under Subsection (a) must | ||
| require a person to provide the following information before | ||
| allowing the person to complete an application for an early voting | ||
| ballot by mail: | ||
| (1) the person's name and voter registration number or | ||
| registration address; | ||
| (2) the voter's driver's license number or personal | ||
| identification card number issued by the Department of Public | ||
| Safety; and | ||
| (3) the last four digits of the person's social | ||
| security number. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
