Bill Text: TX HB212 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to electronic voter registration.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-20 - Referred to Elections [HB212 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB212-Introduced.html
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| By: Reynolds | H.B. No. 212 | |
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| relating to electronic voter registration. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 13, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 13.009 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 13.009. ELECTRONIC VOTER REGISTRATION. (a) The | ||
| secretary of state shall implement a program to allow a person with | ||
| an unexpired driver's license or personal identification card | ||
| issued in this state to complete a voter registration application | ||
| over the Internet from a secure Internet website. | ||
| (b) The Internet website established under this section | ||
| must allow a person to submit: | ||
| (1) an initial application for registration; and | ||
| (2) an application to update a voter registration | ||
| record. | ||
| (c) When a person submits an application under this section, | ||
| the secretary of state shall compare the information provided by | ||
| the applicant against the Department of Public Safety records. | ||
| (d) The completed online application and information from | ||
| the Department of Public Safety, including the applicant's digital | ||
| signature, shall be provided to: | ||
| (1) the county voter registration office for the | ||
| county where the applicant currently resides; and | ||
| (2) the secretary of state for the statewide | ||
| computerized voter registration list under Section 18.061. | ||
| (e) An application electronically submitted under this | ||
| section is considered for all purposes as an application submitted | ||
| by mail under this title. A digital signature given as provided by | ||
| secretary of state rule meets the signature requirement under | ||
| Section 13.002(b). | ||
| (f) The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
| implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect December 1, 2017. | ||
