Bill Text: TX HB3251 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to signature verification on an early voting ballot voted by mail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-13 - Referred to Elections [HB3251 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3251-Introduced.html
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By: Allen | H.B. No. 3251 |
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relating to signature verification on an early voting ballot voted | ||
by mail. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 87.027, Election Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (i-1) to read as follows: | ||
(i-1) In making the determination under Subsection (i), the | ||
Signature Verification committee may only determine whether the | ||
handwriting on the certificate and application indicates that the | ||
same person executed both signatures. The committee may not | ||
determine that two signatures were not executed by the same person | ||
on the basis of which version of the same name the person used, | ||
including: | ||
(1) the inclusion of a middle name or initial in one | ||
signature that is omitted in the other; | ||
(2) the use of a common nickname in one signature and a | ||
formal name in the other; or | ||
(3) a variation between the two signatures of the | ||
order of the person's first, middle, and last name. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 87.041, Election Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: | ||
(h) In making the determination under Subsection (b)(2), | ||
the board may only determine whether the handwriting on the | ||
certificate and application indicates that the same person executed | ||
both signatures. The board may not determine that two signatures | ||
were not executed by the same person on the basis of which version | ||
of the same name the person used, including: | ||
(1) the inclusion of a middle name or initial in one | ||
signature that is omitted in the other; | ||
(2) the use of a common nickname in one signature and a | ||
formal name in the other; or | ||
(3) a variation between the two signatures of the | ||
order of the person's first, middle, and last name. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |