Bill Text: TX HB36 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to ballots voted by mail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-23 - Referred to Constitutional Rights & Remedies [HB36 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB36-Introduced.html
| By: Noble | H.B. No. 36 | |
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| relating to ballots voted by mail. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 87.021, Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 87.021. BALLOTS AND OTHER MATERIALS DELIVERED TO | ||
| BOARD. The early voting clerk shall deliver to the early voting | ||
| ballot board: | ||
| (1) in an election in which regular paper ballots are | ||
| used for early voting by personal appearance, each ballot box, in | ||
| accordance with Section 85.032(b), containing the early voting | ||
| ballots voted by personal appearance and the clerk's key to each | ||
| box; | ||
| (2) the jacket envelopes containing the early voting | ||
| ballots voted by mail, regardless of the ballot type or voting | ||
| system used; | ||
| (3) the poll lists prepared in connection with early | ||
| voting by personal appearance; | ||
| (4) the list of registered voters used in conducting | ||
| early voting; [ |
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| (5) a ballot transmittal form that includes a | ||
| statement of the number of early voting ballots voted by mail, | ||
| regardless of the ballot type or voting system used, that are | ||
| delivered to the early voting ballot board, and in an election in | ||
| which regular paper ballots are used for early voting by personal | ||
| appearance, the number of names appearing on the poll lists | ||
| prepared in connection with early voting by personal appearance; | ||
| (6) copies of the applications for ballots to be voted | ||
| by mail for each ballot voted by mail received; and | ||
| (7) copies of the voter's signature from the voter's | ||
| application for voter registration. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 87, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 87.0405 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 87.0405. REVIEW OF APPLICATION FOR BALLOT TO BE VOTED | ||
| BY MAIL. Before reviewing a carrier envelope certificate, the | ||
| early voting ballot board shall review each application for a | ||
| ballot to be voted by mail that correlates with the carrier envelope | ||
| to determine if the signature on the ballot application was | ||
| executed by a person other than the voter, unless the application | ||
| was signed by a witness. The early voting clerk shall make | ||
| available for review signatures for each applicant for a ballot to | ||
| be voted by mail from the previous six years. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 87.126, Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 87.126. ELECTRONIC RECORDING OF CERTAIN [ |
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| MATERIALS USED IN EARLY VOTING BY MAIL [ |
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| early voting clerk may electronically record applications for a | ||
| ballot to be voted by mail, jacket envelopes, the front and back of | ||
| carrier envelopes, and ballots. | ||
| (b) The early voting clerk shall have software available to | ||
| display all electronically available signatures together. The | ||
| software must be made available for the first election following an | ||
| update of the software the early voting clerk uses under this | ||
| section that occurs after December 31, 2021. | ||
| (c) The secretary of state may adopt rules providing | ||
| requirements for the electronic image quality and storage of the | ||
| electronic images of the documents described by this section | ||
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| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
