Bill Text: TX HB2699 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the acceptance of a provisional ballot after a natural disaster.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-17 - Referred to Elections [HB2699 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2699-Introduced.html
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By: Martinez | H.B. No. 2699 |
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relating to the acceptance of a provisional ballot after a natural | ||
disaster. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 65.054(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) A provisional ballot shall be accepted if the board | ||
determines that: | ||
(1) from the information in the affidavit or contained | ||
in public records, the person is eligible to vote in the election | ||
and has not previously voted in that election; | ||
(2) the person: | ||
(A) meets the identification requirements of | ||
Section 63.001(b) at the time the ballot was cast or in the period | ||
prescribed under Section 65.0541; | ||
(B) notwithstanding Chapter 110, Civil Practice | ||
and Remedies Code, executes an affidavit under penalty of perjury | ||
that states the voter has a religious objection to being | ||
photographed and the voter has consistently refused to be | ||
photographed for any governmental purpose from the time the voter | ||
has held this belief; or | ||
(C) executes an affidavit under penalty of | ||
perjury that states the voter does not have any identification | ||
meeting the requirements of Section 63.001(b) as a result of a | ||
natural disaster that was declared by the president of the United | ||
States or the governor, occurred not earlier than the 60th day [ |
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destruction of or inability to access the voter's identification; | ||
and | ||
(3) the voter has not been challenged and voted a | ||
provisional ballot solely because the voter did not meet the | ||
requirements for identification prescribed by Section 63.001(b). | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |