Bill Text: TX HB269 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to electronic voter registration.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-13 - Filed [HB269 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB269-Introduced.html
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By: Jetton | H.B. No. 269 |
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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 who | ||
has a valid driver's license or personal identification card issued | ||
in this state to complete a voter registration application over the | ||
Internet from an official website of this state. The secretary of | ||
state may develop an Internet website for this purpose. | ||
(b) An applicant for electronic voter registration must: | ||
(1) attest to the truth of the information provided on | ||
the application by affirmatively accepting the information as true; | ||
(2) affirmatively consent to the use of the signature | ||
on the applicant's driver's license or personal identification card | ||
for voter registration purposes; | ||
(3) provide the information required under Section | ||
13.002(c); and | ||
(4) provide the audit number and date of issuance of | ||
the applicant's Texas driver's license or personal identification | ||
card issued by the Department of Public Safety. | ||
(c) When a person submits an application under this section, | ||
the secretary of state shall compare the information provided by | ||
the applicant against Department of Public Safety records. If any | ||
information submitted by an applicant does not match Department of | ||
Public Safety records, the secretary shall reject the application. | ||
(d) When a person submits an application under this section, | ||
the Internet Protocol address of the device used to submit the | ||
application shall be recorded and included with the applicant's | ||
application file under Section 13.101 or 13.102, as appropriate. | ||
(e) The completed online application and information from | ||
the Department of Public Safety, including all copies of the | ||
applicant's digital signature on record, shall be provided to: | ||
(1) the voter registrar 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. | ||
(f) An application submitted electronically under this | ||
section is considered for all purposes as an application submitted | ||
by mail under this title. | ||
(g) The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
implement this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect December 1, 2022. |