Bill Text: TX HB3346 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the classification of certain voter information as public information for a provisional or rejected vote by mail ballot.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-18 - Referred to Elections [HB3346 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB3346-Introduced.html

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86R5229 SRS-D
By: Bucy H.B. No. 3346

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the classification of certain voter information as
public information for a provisional or rejected vote by mail
ballot.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 63.011, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) If a provisional ballot is cast under this section
because the voter does not meet the identification requirements of
Section 63.001(b), a list of the voter's name and registration
number shall be compiled, and the information contained on the list
is public information for the purposes of Chapter 552, Government
Code. The governmental entity responsible for conducting the
election shall post daily the compiled list on the entity's
Internet website if it maintains one.
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 87, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 87.064 to read as follows:
Sec. 87.064. DAILY STATUS REPORT ON EARLY VOTING BALLOTS BY
MAIL. (a) Each day that early voting by personal appearance is
conducted, the early voting ballot board shall compile a list of
voters who voted early by mail. The information contained on the
list is public information for the purposes of Chapter 552,
Government Code. The list shall contain for each person to whom a
ballot to be voted by mail was provided:
(1) the voter's name and registration number;
(2) whether the voter's early voting ballot by mail was
received;
(3) to the extent applicable to the election, whether
the signature verification committee has determined the signatures
are not those of the voter; and
(4) whether the early voting ballot by mail has been
accepted or rejected by the early voting board.
(b) The governmental entity responsible for conducting the
election shall post daily the compiled list on the entity's
Internet website if it maintains one.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.