Bill Text: TX HB2117 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the submission by telephonic facsimile or electronic transmission of an application for a ballot to be voted by mail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-06 - Referred to Elections [HB2117 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2117-Introduced.html
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By: Martinez Fischer | H.B. No. 2117 |
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relating to the submission by telephonic facsimile or electronic | ||
transmission of an application for a ballot to be voted by mail. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 84.007(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) An application must be submitted to the early voting | ||
clerk by: | ||
(1) mail; | ||
(2) common or contract carrier; | ||
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facsimile machine, if a machine is available in the clerk's office; | ||
or | ||
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transmission of a scanned application containing an original | ||
signature. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 84.007(b-1), Election Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an application for a ballot to be voted by mail submitted on or | ||
after the effective date of this Act. An application for a ballot | ||
to be voted by mail submitted before the effective date of this Act | ||
is governed by the law in effect when the application was submitted, | ||
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |