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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a permanent request for an early voting ballot. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 86.0015(a) and (b), Election Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies only to an application for a ballot |
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to be voted by mail that[:
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[(1)] is submitted to the county clerk indicating the |
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ground of eligibility is age, [or] disability, or absence from |
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county of residence [; and
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[(2)
does not specify the election for which a ballot
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is requested]. |
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(b) An application described by Subsection (a) is |
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considered to be an application for a ballot for each election in |
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which the county clerk serves as early voting clerk and: |
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(1) in which the applicant is eligible to vote; and |
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(2) that occurs before the earlier of the date: |
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(A) [the end of the calendar year in which the
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application was submitted; or
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[(B) the date] the county clerk receives notice |
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from the voter registrar under Subsection (d) that the voter has |
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submitted a change in registration information; or |
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(B) the voter is no longer eligible for early |
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voting by mail under Section 82.001, if the voter became eligible |
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under that section. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an application for a ballot to be voted by mail received on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016. |