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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the voter identification required for submission of an |
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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. Sections 84.002(a) and (b-1), Election Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) An early voting ballot application must include: |
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(1) the applicant's name and the address at which the |
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applicant is registered to vote; |
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(1-a) the following information: |
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(A) the number of the applicant's driver's |
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license, election identity certification card [identification |
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certificate], or personal identification card issued by the |
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Department of Public Safety; |
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(B) if the applicant has not been issued a number |
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described by Paragraph (A), the last four digits of the applicant's |
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social security number; or |
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(C) a statement by the applicant that the |
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applicant has not been issued a number described by Paragraph (A) or |
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(B); |
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(2) for an application for a ballot to be voted by mail |
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on the ground of absence from the county of residence, the address |
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outside the applicant's county of residence to which the ballot is |
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to be mailed; |
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(3) for an application for a ballot to be voted by mail |
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on the ground of age or disability, the address of the hospital, |
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nursing home or other long-term care facility, or retirement |
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center, or of a person related to the applicant within the second |
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degree by affinity or the third degree by consanguinity, as |
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determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, if the applicant is |
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living at that address and that address is different from the |
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address at which the applicant is registered to vote; |
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(4) for an application for a ballot to be voted by mail |
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on the ground of confinement in jail, the address of the jail or of a |
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person related to the applicant within the degree described by |
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Subdivision (3); |
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(5) for an application for a ballot to be voted by mail |
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on any ground, an indication of each election for which the |
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applicant is applying for a ballot; |
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(6) an indication of the ground of eligibility for |
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early voting; and |
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(7) for an application for a ballot to be voted by mail |
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on the ground of involuntary civil commitment, the address of the |
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facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Civil |
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Commitment Office or of a person related to the applicant within the |
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degree of consanguinity described by Subdivision (3). |
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(b-1) A person may use the number of a driver's license, |
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election identity certification card [identification certificate], |
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or personal identification card that has expired for the purpose of |
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fulfilling the requirement under Subsection (a)(1-a) if the license |
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or identification is otherwise valid. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |